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Doctrine versus Application:

Titus 2:1-8 But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine: 2 that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience; 3 the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things — 4 that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. 6 Likewise exhort the young men to be sober-minded, 7 in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility, 8 sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.

It has been my experience to hear teachings from Scripture divided into the categories of doctrine and application. “Doctrine” usually refers to certain theological principles (e.g., the doctrine of God, His eternal decree, creation, etc.) and “Application” refers to some, well, personal application you draw from these principles, or some action you should take based upon some other idea. In this letter to Pastor Titus however, what Paul calls “doctrine” we usually label as “application”. When was the last time you saw an essay entitled, “The doctrine of being an older sober man” or “The doctrine of being a discreet woman”? I think perhaps one of the subtle dangers of having this synthetic division between doctrine and application, is that when one sees the word “doctrine” in Scripture, only a subset of God’s teaching is brought to mind, and they are usually the more abstract theological principles of our semantic categories. There is nothing wrong of course with including those concepts in the idea because they are taught in Scripture, but there may be a long-term problem with bringing only those ideas to mind. On the other hand, I do see some kind of relationship between “doctrine” and “application”, as they are called, since what we do should follow from what we believe. Is there a better way then, to distinguish between these particular categories without falling into the danger of making one “the main thing” in Scripture and the other kind of like an after-thought?

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