Recently I've been interested in Biblical Theology, and as I get back into posting this should explain the direction of many of my thoughts.
Please allow me to try to explain my
interest in the Bible and theology. At times, as I seek to find
God’s will for my life, these interests have become near obsessions
taking on many forms and many questions: (1) What makes a good hymn
and what constitutes good worship music? (2) What was wrong with the
form of Christianity I was taught as a child such that it did not
cause me to find Christ? (3) What is Christianity? (4) How do I
understand my story? (5) How are we supposed to live as Christians
today? [I always come back to this question.] (6) How do I
communicate this to others in an understandable context?
Communication has proven to be the key.
In some ways, I feel closer to God in Biblical studies than I do in
the music/worship realm. Recently, I have felt close to God by
becoming a servant to others by communicating Him to others. In
this, I have found the answer to an earlier question about how to be
closer to God outside of the worship service, church, and the whole
of the institution. It's amazing how God shows up in one-on-one
conservations, group discussions, Bible study groups, and other
situations when the focus is not on our own selves. The Bible is not
a self-help book, but it's a very long story about God's love for us.
When I can communicate this properly, not as anthropocentric but as
God-centered, away from soterian reductionism, then the whole of the
Gospel comes to life. In some ways, we all have a dysfunctional
quilt of inappropriately categorized and grouped Scripture, woven
together by value appraisal, but largely disconnected from the
narrative.
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