Yes, the article was rather confusing.
Less confusing is to simply read the Scriptures and trust in what God tells us there. And leave the man-made doctrines to those who follow men.
It is a false dilemma to put doctrine and Christ in conflict with each other. We are given teachers. That is Scriptural. We test the teachers against the Scriptures. That is Scriptural. We know Christ as a person, *and* we know the truths He give us to know. We are obligated to follow sound doctrine.
BTW, there is a history to why doctrine has fallen on such hard times. The impulse of liberalism is to elevate personal, emotional experience to the level of supreme moral authority. The entire “gay liberation” movement is based on the same fallacy, the downgrading of objective truth to a status of being less important than how one feels personally. It is a very dangerous place to be. We have the word of God, and we have the words of God. They are not in conflict.
Peace,
SR