Theology is a funny thing. Everything in theology is coherent and unified through the one simple fact of the goodness of God; and the basic human problem of depravity dulls our hearts to the goodness of God. This means that theology is unlike anything else, in that it becomes incoherent and impossible to live out without a work by God on our hearts. Without that awake-ness in our hearts, all the facts and figures of theology are distorted to accommodate the flesh. Conversely, knowing and loving God more, and being awakened to His glory, illuminates His Word in ways that background studies, word studies, and careful exegesis alone simply never could.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
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