Thus says the Lord: "Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.
But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'" --Jeremiah 6:16

 

19 October, 2006   comments: (0) Sound Doctrine   No Theology? A Mind is a Terrible Thing To Waste    Quoting Bruce Shelley . . . Many modern Christians would rather not discuss the central teachings of Christianity. They are not sure that ideas about religion--or theology--are all that important. "I love flowers," a minister once said, "but I hate botany; I love religion, but I hate theology". This widespread attitude often springs from good reasons. Theology can be dull, or much worse, it can be ruthless. In Christianity, however, the answer to bad theology can never be no theology. It must be good theology. God gave us minds, and he surely expects us to use them in thinking about his truth. Theology comes from two Greek words: theos, meaning God, and logos, meaning word or rational thought. So theology is rational thought about God. It is not identical with religion. Religion is our belief in God and our effort to live by that belief. Theology is the attempt to give a rational explanation of our belief: it is thinking about religion. From:  Church History in Plain Language   Posted by: Jim B.   Link: http://www.oldtruth.com/blog.cfm/id.2.pid.460   Be the first to post a comment about this article        Home  |   About  |  Videos   |  Calvinism