Essentials

 In non-negotiable unity, in negotiable liberty, in all things love (agape).1


At the core of Christianity are these non-negotiable truths below. 
Any deviation or denial of these doctrines is a departure
 from the historical claims of Christianity
 (cf. 2 Tim 4:3, 4).

• Authority and inerrancy of Scripture
• Triune Godhead: the one, true, eternal God in three distinct simultaneous persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit sharing the same divine name of YHWH 
• The deity of Jesus Christ 
• Sinless incarnation of Jesus Christ   
• Spiritual separation of the human race
• Substitutionary atonement
• Physical resurrection
• Salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone
• Physical return of Christ

Like Francis A. Schaeffer, I, too, felt a similar burden to stand for “the historical Christian position, and for the purity of the invisible Church” (True Spirituality, Preface). Whether the orthodox position or signs of holiness in the visible body of Christ today are proving to be less or not, I am resolute “having done all, to stand firm” (Eph 6:13, ESV). 

Why? Because Yahweh is absolutely real, relational, holy, love (agape), infinite, eternal, and unchanging. The merits of Christianity are based on the birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ, not a man's poor poetry of Christlikeness as mine or yours.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupertus_Meldenius, citing Schaff, Phillip, ‘History of the Christian Church’ Vol. 7, Grand Rapids: W.M. Eerdmans, 1910, pp 650-653. Latin, in necessariis unitas, in dubliis libertas, in omnibus caritas translated, “in essentials unity, in doubtful things/non-essentials liberty, in all things charity,” by Lutheran theologian, Rupertus Meldenius, (1582-1651). Other translation, “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.”