Doctrine and Practice
There is a direct connection between what you believe and how you act. Many people think they can act one way and believe something different. But all they do is show how committed they are to their belief. Many of us may believe it is good to eat healthy and exercise, but we don't do it. We don't do it because we don't believe we have to be healthy to survive. But when does behavior trump or become equal to belief? Most of the time yes, it goes the other way. Listen to what I say and not what I do. This is because we are sinners and fall short of the glory of God. God challenges us to be holy as he is holy. God gives us the perfect example in Jesus Christ. But we know that we are not going to live up to that example. So I have my short falls, and you have yours. But when does it become look at what I do, because that is what I say! or am supposed to say! The words in the liturgy speak more truth, than the source of that teaching. Long has the church argued about which is m...