Theology matters!

Our staff, here at the church, has been discussing some of the trends and theologies we are seeing in our culture. It is amazing to hear and read some of the theologies of our day. Theology matters! (This has become our new battle cry.)

In other words what you believe about God, who he is and what he is like, are some of the most important truths you will know.

As A. W. Tozer wrote in "Knowledge of the Holy"- "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man’s spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God. Worship is pure or base as the worshiper entertains high or low thoughts of God. For this reason the gravest question before the Church is always God Himself, and the most portentous fact about any man is not what he at a given time may say or do, but what he in his deep heart conceives God to be like. We tend by a secret law of the soul to move toward our mental image of God. This is true not only of the individual Christian, but of the company of Christians that composes the Church. Always the most revealing thing about the Church is her idea of God, just as her most significant message is what she says about Him or leaves unsaid, for her silence is often more eloquent than her speech. She can never escape the self-disclosure of her witness concerning God."

Why is this so important? Because what you believe about God influences all of your life and choices, it molds your thinking and who you are...it molds what you do and why...it influences how you react to society and the people around you...it makes you into the person you are.

Theology matters! Is your God the God who created everything with a word? Is your God big enough to handle the problems you face? Is the God you worship the God of the Bible?

Here are the questions for discussion- Can you trust God with your life? What are you facing in your life that demands a big God to handle it?

I must tell you that it is my ongoing challenge to think rightly about God and then to live out that knowledge in my life...to really trust God in my life moment by moment, day by day....

I read the bible daily to get to know this God I worship because.....Theology matters!