Hills To Die On

How do you categories or prioritize your beliefs? Are there some things you believe more strongly than others? Which beliefs are non-negotiable? What areas are you willing to overlook as personal conviction and/or opinion?

Know Your Hills

In his book, Finding the Right Hills To Die On, author Gavin Ortlund describes what he calls “theological triage,” the process of discerning theological essentials from non-essentials. An exercise on how to distinguish essential doctrines of the Christian faith from our personal convictions.

Finding The Right Hills To Die One - Gavin Ortlund

You can order Ortlund’s book online, or swing by the church bookstore and grab a copy. Find a friend or someone from church to read through the book together and share what you are learning. Or better yet, come join us at 8:30am on Saturday, May 30th at the Mill St. Cafe to discuss the book together. Let this exercise serve as an opportunity to help us learn to grow together and engage in helpful theological dialogue, even in areas where we might disagree. Together we can help one another learn to discern essentials of the faith from mere opinions and preferences.