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Ely Martinez's avatar

This rocks, brother 👏🏽

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Jenson Metcalf's avatar

Thank you my friend!

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Logan Hurley's avatar

An inferior but less abstract defense of the importance of theology proper is the way that ethics flow downstream from it. If you imagine that power or authority are the heart of God's identity, you are never more than a misstep from an elaborate paganism. Thinking clearly about God is our only hope of imitating him

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Logan Hurley's avatar

That said, I'm not sure theology is the only or even best way to do this. I think the distinction between concept and percept is very salient for that discussion.

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Jenson Metcalf's avatar

I don't think it's inferior, I think you're spot on. Theology cannot be divorced from our ethics. If God is truly good and we become more holy when we reflect on His holiness, than the outflow of that should be a moral and ethical framework for life. I appreciate you sharing this!

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TJ Ono's avatar

Brilliant and beautiful.

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Jenson Metcalf's avatar

Thank you!

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Sophie Sando's avatar

Love this

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Jenson Metcalf's avatar

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Christina R's avatar

This reminds me of a beautiful conversation I had with a gentle elderly man who approached me to say hello at a church I was visiting 6 months ago. He’d given me his card which had said Rev Dr _____ _____ on it and I twigged he had a PHD in theology.

I admitted I really didn’t know much about God and he responded quietly “Yeah… after I did my PHD I realised I didn’t really know anything either…”

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