Question:
As I read the book, it's obvious that you love theology. Why is "getting theology right" so important to you? Can't we just major in the majors and minor in the minors?
Answer:
For me, there are two kinds of people who are concerned about getting theology right. For the first kind, getting it right is really about getting it right. They want to be better, smarter, more schooled, and, perhaps most importantly to them, not wrong. I'd also say this is the group that most people think about first when they think about "right theology". They imagine people who are hypercritical and aggressive in their attempts to get everyone else in line. I'm not one of these people.
Rather, I'd say that my reason for being concerned about theology stems from time I've spent with people who are trying to figure out how faith and life connect. For many of these people, they'd picked up thoughts or ideas about God or Jesus that, over time, had torn them up inside. In other words, bad theology had become poison to their soul. It's in moments like these where sound theology is so important to me because it's an opportunity to bring healing. It's not about being right, it's about people clearly hearing the loving and gracious words that God wants to share with them.
The E-Life Podcast
- 05/05/2008 - 6:35pm
Q&A With The Author
- As I read the book, it's obvious that you love theology. Why is "getting theology right" so important to you? Can't we just major in the majors and minor in the minors?