Without some such allegiance to confessional or creedal theology, the local church will struggle to participate fittingly in the theo-drama and will find itself speaking and acting like the other institutions (e.g., social clubs, political organizations, entertainment centers, and business conglomerates) that now hold cultural center stage.
Because there is no other gospel, however, local churches must be radically committed to the doctrines that lie at the center of the theo-drama, all the while remaining charitable with regard to doctrines that lie at the periphery.
… Local theology can, indeed must, be simultaneously creative and creedal/confessional.
- Kevin J. Vanhoozer, The Drama of Doctrine (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press), 455.
Tags: Creeds and Confessions, Doctrine, Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Local Church
