On narrow theology
Remember the bit I wrote about reading the New Testament in three to five weeks? That’s not going to happen. First of all, I haven’t had close to enough reading time. Second, I’m stopping to take notes every four words.
I’ve got lots of notes. Some of them are pretty radical. I’m not going to write about them yet though. The point of this exercise is to get a picture from the whole New Testament of living in and for the kingdom of God. It is too easy to build a practice or doctrine on the interpretation of a single verse. I’ve seen it done on a single word!
It is easy to find a statement of Paul or Jesus or one of the others that looks like The Formula for Life. But the kingdom is not a formula. It is God on a mission. It is God’s people joining that mission. It is the salvation of the world. It is a family. It is a marriage. It is a building. It is a body. It is a field, a vineyard, a garden. It is a master and his bondservants. It is…
See what I mean?
Notes about specific scriptures will come later. For now I will just say, it feels like I’m reading the bible for the very first time.
15 February 2009 Jeff Gill
tags: nt
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