Watch Out for Those Who Lead You Away from the Truth

http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Sermons/ByDate/2006/1872_Watch_Out_for_Those_Who_Lead_You_Away_from_the_Truth/

[desiring God] 14 Aug 2008--I recall talking to a wise leader of a large missions organization about doctrinal faithfulness. He said something to this effect, “It’s crucial. And so is unity. Some people emphasize one, and some the other. Our organization is made of two kinds of people: purity boys and unity boys.” The unity boys naturally emphasize the preciousness of personal relationships and tend to neglect an emphasis on truth. The purity boys naturally emphasize the preciousness of truth and tend to neglect the nurture of personal relationships.

In fact, you could probably categorize people and churches and denominations and institutions and movements in the evangelical church today (or even in society in general) along these lines: There are those who emphasize doctrinal purity, and there are those that emphasize relational unity.