“Doing Theology” always involves a balancing act. The first part of the word comes from the Greek word for God. “Ology” is the study of. When one sets out to study the God of the universe, they are sure to get to a place where they are over their head. It has been humbly expressed this way:
“If God couldn’t do anything I couldn’t understand He wouldn’t be much of a God.”
 Theologians, both real and would-be have been accused of trying “to put God in a box.” Clearly, we don’t have a container big enough. On the other hand, God has revealed himself to us. While we can’t know God completely, we can know some things about Him accurately. God reveals Himself, and His ways to us not to satisfy our curiosity, but to give us what we need to know so that we can live our lives as we should. The New Living Translation does a good job capturing the heart of this from Deuteronomy 29:29.
“The Lord our God has secrets known to no one.
We are not accountable for them,
but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us,
so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.”
The task of the Theologian—whether amateur or professional—is not theoretical; it is intensely practical. Doing theology is gathering information so that we can successfully do life.
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