WAKE FOREST, N.C.--Sound doctrine that produces sound ethics is essential for the spread of the Gospel, according to David Dockery, president of Union University in Jackson, Tenn.
Speaking to the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Dockery took on popular American ideas of individualism and self-sufficiency, according to The Baptist Press.
"We have become lost in our own self-preoccupation," he said, pointing to the neglect of Scriptural admonitions for older women to encourage younger women and for men to conduct themselves in a manner beyond reproach.
He also spoke of the importance of the church adopting a worldview based on solid biblical principles.
"Sound doctrine is a Christian way of seeing the world, an understanding of the church as [being] totally different than what we see around us," Dockery said. "Without this framework, the church will become more and more secularized in all it does."
