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Adding Love to Theology
Check out these definitions of theology, all of which I found in one place or another in my class notes: The most basic definition is “The study (logos) of God (theos).” The most common definition of...
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God is not a Science Project
On January 7, 1855, the minister of New Park Street Chapel, Southwark, England, opened his morning sermon with the following statement: It has been said by someone that “the proper study of mankind is...
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The Different Types of Theology
When discussing theology, we must be aware that there are different ways within Christianity of approaching and organizing theology. Here are the most common: Natural Theology Knowledge about God...
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Divisions of Systematic Theology
The Bible College and Seminaries I attended used the traditional divisions or categories of Systematic Theology. Most often, these divisions are as follows: Bibliology – Study of the Bible Theology...
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Introduction to Theology: A Reading List
As I blog through my seminary class notes, I suppose it would be a good idea to record the reading lists for the classes I took. While there is some benefit in seminary to sitting in class, and...
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Is Interest in Theology Waning?
One of the tools I use to aid me in writing my blog posts is Google Insights for Search. Among other things, this tool helps me recognize trends in what people are searching for online. Today, as I was...
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Theology Quotes for your Critique
Do you agree or disagree with the following quotes? Why? When you read them, what was your first impression? What did they get right? What (if anything) did they get wrong? Theology Quote 1 Theology is...
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Theology God
In a previous post I asked for your input on two quotes about theology. I will look at the first here, and the second in a later post. Here is the first quote again: Theology is supernatural. It is...
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What’s More Important: Truth or Love?
Yesterday I asked for your input on two theology quotes. Earlier today I provided my own input on the first of these two quotes. Here is the second: It has been in vogue to say that today the important...
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Knowing Your Theology
I think this will be my last post on “Introduction to Theology.” Next week we will move into Bibliology, the Study of the Bible. It is not that I blogged through all the class notes that I had on...
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