649. Restoration Theology 15: A Method to Evaluate Doctrines

649. Restoration Theology 15: A Method to Evaluate Doctrines

From Restitutio by Sean P Finnegan

April 23, 2026 · 45 min

About this episode

This episode presents a method for evaluating Christian beliefs through a twenty-question diagnostic as part of the Restoration Theology class.

This episode is part of the Restoration Theology class. Today is the capstone episode of this entire class on Restoration Theology. We’re going to put together what we’ve learned so far into a twenty-question diagnostic. The purpose of this method is to evaluate any Christian belief or practice. You can use it on your own doctrines to refine what you believe, or you can apply it to others. In what follows I’m going to run through the method a total of three times. First, I’ll simply list off the twenty questions. Then I’ll take two theological books and run through the method twice more. My hope is that once I’m done with this, you will understand how to use the diagnostic. Ultimately, my prayer is that this method will provide Christians from all kinds of backgrounds a more systematic and comprehensive approach to figure out what to believe. This method is how we do restoration theology–how we restore authentic Christianity. I hope you will find it helpful. Here’s a link to the twenty-question diagnostic. Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts —— Links —— Check out the other episodes of the Restoration Theology class Support…

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Host: Sean P Finnegan

Topics covered

  • Restoration Theology
  • Christian beliefs
  • doctrine evaluation
  • theological method
  • systematic theology

Keywords

  • Restoration Theology
  • Christian doctrine
  • theological evaluation
  • belief refinement
  • systematic approach

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