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About Pastor Skip

Lake Deerwood Fellowship is led by Skip Perhot. He came to the area in February 2001, and is honored to be the pastor of LDF. Skip loves helping people grow and become better followers of Jesus. He has a real heart for leaders in the local church who have the responsibility of helping other people grow in their relationship with God.

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Doctrine is nothing more than applied theology.

Doctrine is a Necessary Part

"My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. If anyone wants to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.” John 7:16-17

The "Back Page" of the April 2009 edition of Christianity Today contains an article by Chuck Colson called "Doctrine Bears Repeating." In the article, Colson argues that the church needs to get back to teaching doctrine. Citing several examples of rampant biblical illiteracy among church-goers as evidence, Colson makes his point unavoidably clear with his final words: "The greatest challenge for serious Christians today is not re-inventing Christianity, but rediscovering its core teachings."

This one sentence accurately summarizes the primary issue facing the modern church. Ironically, the modern church is doing everything that it can to avoid this very issue.

If you spend any amount of time in the church today, you will undoubtedly hear the phrase "doctrine divides." These two words are almost always followed up by six others—which serve as a mission statement of sorts—and go something like this: "I have no creed but Christ." Although this pious-sounding series of words is meant to end theological discussions, it does nothing of the sort. When someone says they have "no creed but Christ," which Jesus Christ do they mean? more...