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Aug 19, 2021 · Since living for God is every Christian’s duty and joy, every Christian must be a theologian—a good one. The connection between theology and everyday life is clearly seen in the following three examples from Paul. First, at Philippi. Two named women are in public dispute in the church at Philippi, and Paul feels he must address it (Phil. 4:2).
Jun 22, 2023 · 4 Reasons that Theology is “Practical”. 1. Theology as Worship: Theology is fundamentally about knowing God. After all, that’s what the term means: the study of God. But we err when we think of this kind of knowing in purely cognitive terms, as though knowing God could be limited to some set of right statements we make about God.
- Marc Cortez
- Redeeming The Routine5
- The Danger of Unapplied Theology
- Truthful Living For God’s Glory
- Humanizing Theological Living
- Knowing Through Doing
- Inside Christian Practice
- Educating The Heart
- Neighbour as Educator
- Passion For God
The whole of our life has the glorious prospect of living out the great doctrines of the faith. The doctrine of the Trinity, for example, directs God-imaging creatures to live relationally. Those who proclaim that God is love are invited to be included in the love-life of God and so become lovers themselves (Jn. 17:21). To believe in God the creato...
But orthodoxy involves more than merely speaking correctly aboutGod. We could do that and still be damned, like the friends of Job—Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar—who spoke with impeccable correctness about God but in the end received God’s judgment: ‘I am angry with you [Eliphaz] and your two friends, because you have not spoken of me what is right, as...
Doctrine that does not lead to doxology is demonic (Jas. 2:19). That is why those who set out together on a theological education experience are on a dangerous journey. We must make sure we are heading in the right (orthodox) direction. The goal of biblical theological education is to increase our love for God and to make us more human. For this re...
Is it evangelism, preaching, pastoral care, counselling—all the subjects loosely called ‘applied theology’ or ‘ministry division’ courses? I can only point in passing to the fine piece of analysis done on right practice by Craig Dykstra.9Dykstra notes the ubiquitous tension between the so-called academic fields of theology, Bible, history, ethics (...
There is a growing critique of the traditional linear, cause—effect approach in theological education: first you get the theology and then you apply it. In contrast, we must aim at a circle of learning: theory expressed in practice, which leads to deeper theoretical/theological reflection, which leads to praxis again, and on it goes. We should spea...
What makes an activity Christian is not the husk but the heart. Preaching, caring for the flock and equipping the saints can be profoundly secular. Listening to a child, designing a software package, and examining a balance sheet can be profoundly Christian. What makes a work Christian is faith, hope and love. This is a crucial point. Orthopraxy is...
It is often conceded that the academy cannot be a solo educator, but there is little evidence that the academy needs the home, the congregation and the marketplace, though all four are linked by God in a daily life system for learning. The first school, of course, is the home. The congregation and the academy are poor substitutes when it comes to t...
As we have already seen, the neighbour becomes a means of grace precisely when the neighbour is taken seriously as neighbour and not as a means of grace! We cannot simply deal with the poor, the stranger and the outsider in principle, or engage in theoretical or strategic considerations of how to care for our global neighbours. It is in the context...
Job is a stunning example of orthopathy. His school was his life. He, like David, was a man after God’s own heart. As he went through test after test, sometimes with obvious weariness, Job began to want God more than he wanted health. Indeed—and this is seldom noted—Job never asked for healing. What he wanted was the friendship of God (Job 29:4). S...
Feb 11, 2024 · 3. Theology as Service: At their best, questions on the sensible relevance of theology press us to keep in mind that theology plays the role of servant within the lifetime of the church. One of its fundamental jobs is to assist the church think twice about how best to grasp, articulate, and live out what it believes.
Apr 29, 2022 · Connecting our theology to our everyday lives means that we let the truths of God leave us in awe of him. It means choosing what is pleasing to God instead of momentary pleasure. It means thinking critically about what we see on social media, on the news, or even what we hear our Christian friends saying and asking ourselves things like "how ...
Jun 18, 2019 · Theology—learning about who God is and how He interacts with our world—is meant to be an ongoing activity in the everyday life of all those who are baptized into Christ. In His explanation of the Parable of the Sower in Luke 8:4-15, Jesus describes how hardness of heart, worldly cares, and persecution—a normal part of life in this fallen world—can prevent, choke, or wither faith.
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The term “theology,” combining theos (God) and logos (word about, or study of), refers most literally to the study of God. Yet this term is used for the study of humanity, and sin, and salvation, and the church, and last things (and more). The reason “theology” may rightly be used of these other areas is this: theology is the study of ...
