Particulars

In "How should we then live?" Francis Schaeffer mentions that part of humanism involves people focusing on the particulars and losing a concept of the universal that gives meaning to the particulars. I think some Christians do something similar as they strive to obey God by obeying the commandments in the Bible. They get hung up on doctrinal details and lose track of the true essence of Christianity. Don't get me wrong - doctrine is important. But it is of little value standing alone. It must issue forth from a heart that is wholly for God. "Though I [basically anything] and have not charity, I am nothing." I Cor. 13

"If you can't major in both love and doctrine, then major in love and minor in doctrine."

It has been said that a focus on love is not entirely right in the Christian life. That may be so, if the only love included is love for man. But when love for God is included, all doctrine is encompassed.