[...] **For an excellent discussion of essential vs. non-essential Christian beliefs, click here.   [...]

[...] or at best, heterodox.  For a good overview of what constitutes Orthodoxy, see this post and this post by C. Michael Patton at the Reclaiming the Mind blog (full disclosure-I am most likely [...]

[...] Nano-Blog link here: http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2009/12/essentials-and-non-essentials-how-to-choose-you-battle... [...]

[...] Essentials and Non-Essentials: How to Choose Your Battles Carefully 13 March 2010 No Comment http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2009/12/essentials-and-non-essentials-how-to-choose-you-battle... [...]

[...] find it interesting – and very disturbing – that this is considered “that which has been believed everywhere, always and by all [real Christians]“. [...]

[...] challenge the ones that do, and the wisdom and knowledge to know the difference.”  More help for discerning here.  HT: Reclaiming the [...]

[...] Essentials versus non-essentials (long but well done) Share and Enjoy: [...]

[...] beliefs.  I used 3 broad categories to break down each question: dogma, doctrines and opinions.  Michael Patton at Parchment and Pen discusses breaks things down even further with the following chart. [...]

I get that idea from the center of the chart, where we find doctrines ‘essential for salvation.’ I agree that salvation is a matter of trusting, not a matter of doctrine. There seems to be an inconsistency somewhere.

I get an error when trying to access the chart.

Great artcle!