I hear people (even Pastors) say: "I don't want to hear doctrine; I just want to follow Jesus!" It sounds pious but is actually a nonsense statement. How are we supposed to follow Jesus if we don't know who He is or why He came? To learn that stuff we must first learn doctrine.
I think there are some problems with doctrinal messages: first, they tend to bore. Sometimes foundation work is tedious. People do need to think more deeply than our sound-bite society encourages. However, sometimes doctrine is boring because the speaker is reflecting on a deeper level than the people are equipped to handle. Sometimes, when preaching doctrine, we get caught up in trying to prove how smart we are. The result is a group of people who marvels at the intelligence of the speaker while failing to understand anything that is said. The goal of communication is . . . to communicate! We must speak so people can understand . . . that doesn't mean we should simply stop speaking about stuff that stretches the mind.
The other problem with doctrine is that people don't care. The main reason people don't care is because they don't really want a carefully defined picture of God or the gospel. They like their theology to be somewhat like a lump of clay that they can mold however they see fit. I hope, I pray, you see how idolatrous this has become.
I encourage you to do little work on understand what you believe and why you believe it.
