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On the one hand, it’s certainly true that there have been lots of wonderful, godly examples of faithful Christians who have perhaps not had the opportunity to be well-taught in doctrine. We wouldn’t want to say that only the most brilliant theologians can really follow God, or, vice versa, that if you have all of the knowledge in your head, then by default you’ll be a godly Christian. We know that doesn’t happen.
And yet we don’t want zeal or passion without knowledge. The most lasting passion – the fire that’s going to burn hot for a lifetime – has to be rooted in doctrine, in theology, in knowing true things about God.
