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I am a born-again Christian, who is Reformed, but also charismatic, spiritually speaking. (I do not speak in tongues, but I believe glossalalia is a bona fide gift not given to all, and not as great as prophecy, for example.) I have several years of college education but only completed a two-year degree. I was raised Lutheran and confirmed, but I didn't "find Christ" until I was in the Army and responded to a Billy Graham crusade in 1973. I was mentored or discipled by the Navigators in the army and upon discharge joined several evangelical, Bible-teaching churches. I was baptized as an infant, but believe in believer baptism, of which I was a partaker after my conversion experience. I believe in the "5 Onlys" of the reformation: sola fide (faith alone); sola Scriptura (Scripture alone); soli Christo (Christ alone), sola gratia (grace alone), and soli Deo gloria (to God alone be the glory). I affirm TULIP as defended in the Reformation.. I affirm most of The Westminster Confession of Faith, especially pertaining to Providence.

Friday, April 16, 2021

What Is The Significance Of The Theological Dimension?

 What you make of God is the most important aspect of your personality and worldview and it affects your whole life, well-being, and temperament. According to scholar and philosopher Dr. Mortimer Adler, “With the exception of certain mathematicians and physicists, all authors of the Great Books are represented in the chapter on God.” (cf. The Great Ideas Syntopicon).

The study of God or theology is the most important endeavor we can engage in and contains the secrets of life and its meaning, purpose, destiny, and origin. You can't live without your life making some kind of statement for or against God; you’re either light to those in darkness or part of the problem of men in darkness. The highest endeavor we can engage in is in thought.

And thoughts of God humble the mind and expand our thinking and our intellect more than any other subject matter. It boggles the mind and blows us away and leaves us a spiritual workout to broaden our thinking. Theology is the “highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy,” according to Spurgeon. If there is a God, this is the most important of all academic subjects and studies to undertake. Theology has been considered a science in its own right; it’s been called the “queen of sciences.”

But our goal in knowing “about God” must not be second-hand knowledge but first-hand acquaintance and experience—know God personally in a relationship and applying our knowledge to knowledge “of God.” “Taste and see that the LORD is good” The proof of the pudding is in the eating!


NB:  Everyone has a theology and is a theologian; what kind is up to you and how you apply it of most significance.  You cannot avoid theology or the truths of Scripture. You can have a sound theology without a sound life, but not a sound life without a sound theology.  You can also have an orthodox theology without an ethical life which is called praxeology or putting into pactice what we preach.  Getting A's in theology will not profit one if not applied and made real in one's life experience.     Soli Deo Gloria! 

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