Can I follow the way of Jesus without accepting every Christian doctrine?

Yes. One can orient life around Jesus’ way of love and transformation while holding nontraditional views about atonement, hell, scripture, or exclusivity.

From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.

Where it sits in the book

Part

3: Awakening Inside a Christian Family

Gate

3.4: Jesus as Common Ground

In print

Page 91

• ← 3.4.4 · What teachings of Jesus can we still share even when our doctrines diverge?
• 3.4.6 → · What does “by their fruits you will know them” offer a spiritually divided family?
• All of Part 3

Topics

• Doctrine
• Following Jesus

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