I'm with you Tony. Those core points are certainly an undisputed core to our protestant bible, repeated and reinforced multiple times and from multiple different angles. I guess for me the chapter and discussion was more a reminder that these are not only the core truths, but the truths we should probably be keeping the majority of our focus on as followers and examples. Somehow we get mixed up in a lot of other battles over "truth" and maybe get in so deep we don't know how to get out. I definitely know people who would expand on those "core" truths you gave to the point that the new core would exclude certain denominations. But I like your core, its pretty simple and small, where did you get it or is that just where you personally draw the line on absolute vs. important? To my knowledge we are part of the protestant movement and I presume this is our protestant absolutes decided at some point, and would exclude Catholics. Am I correct on this, I actually don't know, though I'm quickly realizing I should do some research on this.

I thought Catholic church may disagree with #5. Thanks for the education there. Cheers, Matt