Theology

  • Theology and Doxology (Part 2)

    The most important thing about you is what you believe about God. In my last post, I talked about the fact that true theology leads to doxology (worship). So how important is right theology?

  • Theology and Doxology

    True theology leads to doxology. Most of us are familiar with the term theology (the study of God), but what is doxology? Most of us hear that word and think, “praise God from whom all blessings flow…”

  • The Lord is a Warrior

    “The Lord is a warrior; The Lord is His name.” – Exodus 15:3 The people of Israel are trapped against the Red Sea with nowhere to go, and the Egyptian army is moving in. God divides the waters and the people of Israel pass through on dry ground.

  • Forgetting to Remember

    The more that I study the Bible, the more I see the theme of “remembering” pervading through almost all of Scripture. I’m especially seeing this right now in my study through the Old Testament law in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. It is amazing how much of an emphasis God (through Moses) puts on the idea of…

  • Fig Leaves and Self-Righteousness

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    Fig Leaves and Self-Righteousness

    Self-righteousness is a device we use to cope with shame. When we are exposed, we seek something to cover us – something with substance that we can hide behind to divert away from our nakedness. Like Adam and Eve, we sew together fig leaves.

  • Godly Idols

    Godly Idols

    An idol is an object of worship. An object of our attention, affection, devotion, that we make paramount in our lives. Is it possible to make an idol out of ‘good things’ in the Christian life? Absolutely… How about social justice? Influence? Theology? I believe so.