• Jude 1:3-4
    Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
     
  • 2 Corinthians 11:3
    But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
     
  • Ephesians 4:14
    that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
     
  • 1 Timothy 4:1
    Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,
     
  • 1 Timothy 6:20-21
    O Timothy! Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge— by professing it some have strayed concerning the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.
     
  • Judges 21:25
    In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
     
  • Matthew 24:11-12
    Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
     
For more scripture references, please see Bible verses for Doctrinal Changes


Resources

Does Doctrine Really Matter? (Part Eight)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

The importance of doctrine in shaping belief and conduct cannot be overstated. In the first century church, dangerous doctrines emerged that continue to persist in modern Christianity, appealing to the carnal nature and threatening salvation. Adopting even a single major false doctrine can lead one astray, setting off a chain …


Does Doctrine Really Matter? (Part Seven)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Doctrinal changes have played a significant role in the challenges faced by the Church of God, as seen in the devastation of the Worldwide Church of God. When God removed His protection, the church quickly fragmented into numerous factions due to doctrinal disagreements. The leadership's interactions with Evangelicals, who …


Does Doctrine Really Matter? (Part Ten)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

In the 20th century, the Worldwide Church of God faced massive doctrinal changes, many of which echoed Gnostic origins, striking a pleasant chord in the hearts of many who then followed these doctrines out of the church fellowship. These changes, rooted in historical patterns of rejecting truth, mirrored the early church's …


Growing in Grace and Knowledge?

Article by Staff

The church of God is a dynamic, living organism, ever growing into greater understanding through the guidance of the Holy Spirit as God leads us into all truth. Doctrine may change from time to time in light of new insight, but mature Christians remain unshaken by carefully researched doctrinal development. However, satan has …


Simplicity in Christ

Article by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

God's people have endured a decade of philosophy, human reasoning, and convoluted arguments designed to prove that the clear, pure doctrines once held by the church were wrong, insupportable, or foolish. Cunning explanations of various beliefs, marked by their complexity, appealed to vanity, spiritual laziness, or emotions. Many …


Forty Years On

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Doctrinal changes within the church began almost immediately after Herbert W. Armstrong's death, starting with subtle shifts introduced through the Pastor General's Report or implemented quietly as counsel in individual cases. Initial changes included a retreat from the teaching that married women, particularly those with …


Damnable Heresies

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

The largest body of the true church of God is being swept away by damnable heresies, departing from the faith once delivered. False doctrines, inspired by satan, are brought into the church through deceptive ministers who subtly twist the intent of Scripture for wrong applications or understandings. These heresies are not always …


Unity (Part 1): God and HWA

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

A major cause in the splitting of the church has been the wholesale rejection of the doctrines Herbert Armstrong, under God's inspiration, restored.



For more resources, please see the library topic for Doctrinal Changes