Oct 22, 2008
What’s Brewing Today for Coffeehouse Theology
LT over at American Born Chinese Pastor has the latest review of Coffeehouse Theology. I know LT from seminary. He is one of those thoughtful guys who always had a heart for theology and ministry, seeing the value of both and always articulating his views with careful consideration and compassion.
He does quite a bit of reflecting on his own context, and offers up this gem of a paragraph:
Theology requires great humility from us. For those who have long held onto their beliefs and convictions the task of theology requires their willingness to be pulled out from the comfortable warm water they have been wading in and squirm out in the wide open sea. As we discover the weight of God’s truth and glory, submit to his values and mission I believe we experience transformation. Theology is far reaching and much more influential than we may realize. It must serve the mission of God and not simply fill our heads with more knowledge or just satisfy our questions. Then we may begin to embrace those different from us, become a little less homogeneous. Perhaps less White, less Chinese, less middle class or what have you. Instead what gives way is a new humanity as Paul speaks of in Ephesians 2:15 to a diverse church comprised of traditional Jews and Gentiles. Consider also what we find throughout Acts on the tensions between these two groups and the Gospel renewal we see in and through the life journey of Paul the Apostle.
