Today is the first official day of fall, the autumnal equinox. You know, fall is one of my favourite seasons. Bursts of vibrant colours like crimson and gold. The weather cooling down so that you are forced (okay, not quite forced) to go out and buy new sweaters. Time for putting the electric blanket on the bed (my parents think I'm weird because I sleep with the window open and the fan on, but I turn on my electric blanket; what can I say, I like being warm and cozy). Starting up school again and getting back into routine.
But there are also some things I don't like about fall (okay, namely one thing): spiders everywhere (ugh!). I used to not mind spiders, but that was before one crawled onto my pillow when I was reading before bed, and it was BIG (well, it looked big from where I was sitting). Speaking of spiders ...
Spiders are like bad theology. Deep, huh? I know. Today was Systematic Theology, so lucky you!
Spiders, like bad theology, creep up on you. They wiggle their way onto you without you noticing, until you find the bite that is. Spiders are everywhere, though! Everywhere you look spiders (bad theology) are popping up. They're biting people hard, and people aren't even noticing they're covered in spiders.
Bad theology is something very serious. Many people tend to ignore theology. It's not important, some people say. Theology is for ... well, theologians, others might say. But if you're a Christian, then theology must, I repeat, must be a part of your life. Theology is simply the study of God, so if you're studying God, learning more about Him, then really, in fact, you are a theologian. But we, as theologians, must be very careful how we study theology. Because bad theology is popping up everywhere nowadays. We need to be careful that we don't get bitten by bad theology.
What's the best resource used to study theology?
Scripture. No skepticism there. The most that we can learn about theology is from Scripture. On our Systematic Theology syllabus, my dad writes that our course textbook is the Bible. But there are some other resources, such as Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem, a great book, which my dad is teaching from for our theology course.
So, there's your deep pondering for the day. Think, dwell, and never stop learning, my fellow theologians.