1) Not enough REs understanding the nature of these things*, and,
2) Not enough TEs taking the time to explain these things to them.
** Things: how confessions work in ecclesiology, how sin/Savior/salvation works in ontology, and how the present cultural moment at work amongst is woefully inconsistent with both of these.
In general, our standards "cover all the bases". But so did the Apostle's Creed. Notwithstanding that, the relentless push for falsehood, via ignorance and equivocation, yielded the necessity of Athanasius, Hilary, etc., to step up and do the churchmen work that yielded to doctrinal development of the first 4 ecumenical councils.
We are facing a similar moment today, with experience-driven identity and a therapeutic ministry model denying the need for further development of our standards, because they already cover these things. FWIW
Possibly:
1) Not enough REs understanding the nature of these things*, and,
2) Not enough TEs taking the time to explain these things to them.
** Things: how confessions work in ecclesiology, how sin/Savior/salvation works in ontology, and how the present cultural moment at work amongst is woefully inconsistent with both of these.
In general, our standards "cover all the bases". But so did the Apostle's Creed. Notwithstanding that, the relentless push for falsehood, via ignorance and equivocation, yielded the necessity of Athanasius, Hilary, etc., to step up and do the churchmen work that yielded to doctrinal development of the first 4 ecumenical councils.
We are facing a similar moment today, with experience-driven identity and a therapeutic ministry model denying the need for further development of our standards, because they already cover these things. FWIW