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August 20, 2009

What Theology Is About

Russell Moore has written a very good article entitled, “Will the Devil Be in My Classroom?“ In it, he makes a very important point about the point of doing theology. Those who love the truth must love the application of that truth to everyday life. Truth is not intended to intellectually satisfy but to transform our lives, and should we stop short of a thorough application of what we know and believe, we are in danger of the kind of mental assent found among demons rather than the obedient lives of God’s children. Here’s the quote:

It’s not about quarreling about words, or setting up partisan divisions. Theology is helping a shellshocked widow clean up after a suicide. Theology is about crying with a teenage boy who’s body is shaking with crystal meth. Theology drives you to rock orphans in India, singing “Jesus Loves Me” while you pray they learn what that means. Theology is hugging an animist African’s neck while you tell him Jesus can protect him from the spirits he fears…or hugging a self-righteous Southern Baptist American’s neck while you tell him he doesn’t fear those demonic spirits nearly enough.

Labels: Orthodoxy, Orthopraxy, Theology | posted by TimBrister at 6:48 am | Categories: Theology |