A sailor once said, “You don’t build a boat in the storm—you build it before, knowing storms will come.” That’s what doctrine is for: truth prepared in calm, that anchors us in crisis.

In Paul’s letter to Titus, a young leader guiding new believers in Crete, Paul urges him to teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. Why? Because the people were being influenced by false teachers, cultural confusion, and emotional arguments. Paul knew that without solid truth, faith would drift.

Sound doctrine isn’t rigid religion—it’s stable truth that guards hearts and guides lives.

Jesus said it this way: “Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” (Matthew 7:24). That’s the result of holding to sound doctrine—it doesn’t crumble when culture shifts or emotions rise.