Theological Triage Worksheet
Learn to think biblically about the important issues Christians face in culture and within the church. This worksheet is designed to help you think critically and discern what is worth dividing over as Christians. Start ranking the issues now.
Tier - Your response to the belief statement
1 - I disagree, and I'm not sure you're a Christian.
2 - I disagree, and our disagreement means we'll have to be in different churches; you may be a Christian but you'll be in an unhealthy church.
3 - I disagree, and our disagreement means that we should not be members together but this belief may be allowed in another healthy church.
4 - I disagree, but in spite of our disagreement, we can be members in the same healthy church together.
5 - I disagree, but in spite of our disagreement, we can pastor together.
6 - I agree.
Statement Response
- Baptism must be done by full immersion
- The frequency of the Lord's Supper should be four times a year or less often
- The frequency of the Lord's Supper should be taken once a year or less often
- Christians should homeschool their children
- Christians should send their children to public school
- Christians should only consider private or homeschool for their children
- Christians must speak in tongues
- Mature Christians will speak in tongues
- Speaking in tongues is not a requirement to be a Christian
- Believers cannot watch Veggie Tales
- Believers cannot play Pokémon
- Believers cannot watch Game of Thrones
- Believers cannot watch The Chosen
- Mature believers can watch R-rated movies
- Believers can play Call of Duty video games
- You don't need to believe in biblical inerrancy to be a Christian
- Your church must believe in biblical inerrancy
- God is able to lie in His Word
- The Earth is very young (~6,000-10,000 years old)
- The Earth is very old (Millions or billions of years old)
- Christians can disagree on the age of the earth
- Jesus will return bodily to judge the world
- Christians can participate in surrogate pregnancies
- Birth control (abortifacient, morning after pill, etc.) should be allowable in Christian family planning
- Birth control (non-abortive) is allowable for Christians
- Christians can participate in Halloween in any form
- Christians can participate in Halloween in some forms
- Christians must protest Halloween in some forms
- Christians must protest Halloween in all forms
- Churches can have a national Flag in the gathering space
- Churches must have a national Flag in the gathering space
- Churches should sing patriotic music on national holidays
- Churches must include a pledge to national flag during worship service
- Christians must vote in national elections
- Christians must not vote in national elections
- The sermon must be Christ-centered
- The text is always Christ-centered
- Sermons must never be topical
- Churches do not need to have church membership
- Christians must attend corporate worship
- Christians must be members of a church
- Churches must have diversity (ethnicity, age, economic, etc.)
- Churches should have diversity (ethnicity, age, economic, etc.)
- It is a problem if Churches don't have diversity (ethnicity, age, economic, etc.)
- The church must be active in justice and social concern issues corporately
- Racism is a sin
- Racism is normal and endemic in America
- Head coverings are required for women in church
- Head coverings are required for women if they are to be up front in church
- Churches can have a Political Party Affiliation
- Churches must have a Political Party Affiliation
- Christians can vote Republican
- Christians cannot vote Republican
- Christians can vote Democrat
- Christians cannot vote Democrat
- It isn't necessary to believe in a historical Adam to be a Christian
- Women can teach men outside of Sundays
- Women can teach men during Sunday schools
- Women should remain silent during teaching
- Christians should never date prior to engagement
- Psalms and hymns are the only acceptable worship style
- Drums and electric guitars have no place in church
- Transubstantiation occurs during the Lord's Supper
- The blood and flesh of Christ is present spiritually in the elements
- A faithful sermon will be more than 30 minutes
- Sermons must be 30 minutes or less
- KJV Bible translation is the only translation allowed in the church
- A pastor can preach from The Message during the Sunday sermon
- Christians must abstain from all forms of alcohol
- Christians can regularly gamble with money online and in casinos
- Sports betting is allowable for Christians
- Stock Market Investments is gambling and Christians must not partake
- Medical Marijuana is an allowable medication for Christians
- Abortions are allowable if needed to save the mother
- Medical life-support should never be removed until after natural death
- Euthanasia is acceptable for incurable diseases
- Paedobaptism is biblical so believers baptism is unnecessary if baptized as an infant
- Working on the Lord's Day is sin
- Believers are never allowed to take life in the military
- The church must follow a liturgical calendar
- The doctrines of Grace are necessary as beliefs to be a Christian
- It isn't necessary to hold the view of the virgin birth of Jesus to be a Christian
- Churches do not need to subscribe to the Christian Creeds (Apostles, Nicene, Chalcedon)
- Women can be pastors in the church
- Women can be deacons in the church
- Christian wives should never be working outside the home
- Women should serve in the military and be included in the draft
- Churches should observe Messianic Judaism (observe feasts, festivals, etc.)
- Elders children must be believers
- Elders must have children
- Elders must be married
- Elders can be previously divorced
- Elders must be disqualified if a child (in the home) denounces Christ
- Elders must be disqualified if an adult child denounces Christ
- Church discipline is not a necessary element of church governance
- Christians should never get a divorce
- Christians can identify as gay and practice homosexuality
- Christians can identify as gay as long as they don't practice homosexuality
- Dancing is not allowed for Christians
- Christians can wear bikinis
- Christians can listen to secular music
- Christians should eat vegan only
- Littering is sin
- A church must have a widow and orphan care ministry
- Churches should always take in refugees
- Christians must tithe 10% of their gross income
- Christians must tithe 10% of their net income
- Christians who give less than 10% are in sin
- Christians must give to the church financially
- For Christians all giving must go through the local church
- Christians can choose whether to give to local church or parachurch ministries
- Vaccinations are not allowable for Christians
- Referring to God as a woman is acceptable
- The Apocrypha should be in the canon of Scripture
- The Church can promote Black Lives Matter and its initiatives
- Oneness Pentecostalism is an acceptable belief for church members to hold
- Congregationalism is the only allowable church polity
- Elder rule is an acceptable form of church governance
- Socialism is biblically permissible
- Capitalism is biblical
- Polygamy is allowable for Christians depending on the culture
- Repentance is essential for salvation (not free grace)
- Christians can kiss while dating or engaged
- Christians must fast
- Christians must not fast
- The church should send members to Alcoholics/Narcotics Anonymous meetings if needed
- Christian families must have family worship daily
- Christian families must have family worship (regardless of frequency)
- We must never support policies against Israel
- Christians should boycott Starbucks and Disney
- Christian are not allowed to use social media
- Jesus is eternally subordinate to the Father
- The Bible teaches Double Predestination
- 134.The book of Jonah is a parody or historical satire
- A belief in a literal Heaven and Hell is not necessary to be a Christian
- Unbelievers suffering in Hell will not be eternal but for a definite time and then be extinguished
- The resurrection of Christ was not in a literal bodily form
- Satan is not a personal being
- A believer can be truly saved and then lose your salvation
- Christians should never receive secular psychological counseling
- Christians are sinning if they take antidepressants or other forms of psychological medication
- A multi-site church model is allowable and healthy
- A church must never adopt a multi-service church model
