If I’m not mistaken, our church has a reputation for being quite
theological. I know this is why many people have come to our church.
And I imagine it’s why some people have left, or never checked us out in
the first place. But no church should apologize for talking about and
loving theology. Now–and this is an important caveat–if we are arrogant
with our theology, or if our doctrinal passion is just about
intellectual gamesmanship, or we are all out of proportioned in our
affections for less important doctrines, then may the Lord rebuke us. We
should not be surprised theology gets a bad name in such circumstances.
But when it comes to thinking on, rejoicing in, and building a church
upon sound biblical truth, we should all long for a richly theological
church.
I could cite many reasons for preaching theologically and many
reasons for wanting to pastor a congregation that loves theology. Let me
mention six:
1. God has revealed himself to us in his word and given us his Spirit
that we might understand the truth. Obviously, you don’t need to
master every theme in Scripture in order to be a Christian. God is
gracious to save lots of us with lots of gaps in our understanding. But
if we have a Bible, not to mention an embarrassment of riches when it
comes to resources in English, why wouldn’t we want to understand as
much of God’s self-revelation as possible? Theology is getting more of
God. Don’t you want your church to know God better? Continue Reading >>>
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