A Little Exercise for Young Theologians - Helmut Thielicke

I wish someone had given this book to me about 3 or 4 years ago.  Weighing in at a whopping 41 pages, anyone can read it in one sitting.  Or, since each section is only 2 or 3 pages,  it makes for good reading when you only have 5 minutes.

A few great points to take from this:

1.) Theology should be doxological.  When it ceases to be done in the 2nd Person (prayerfully - to the LORD), and shifts to the 3rd person (about God), theology ceases to be what it should, and it ceases to fulfill its teleological purpose.

2.) There is such a thing as theological puberty.  In the same way that singing is beautiful both before and after puberty, theology is beautiful when done in simple faith, or when done by mature thinkers.  When people know just enough to sound like they know what they are talking about (that’s me), it’s best that they study more to know God more deeply before postulating answers to the great mysteries of the Faith.

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I’ve been busy doing other things, and having a hard time thinking of things to write about.  Actually, I’ve got some ideas, but I’m trying to learn how to be more succinct in my posting.  I’m going to try to post some thoughts on reading the Bible in a distinctly Christian way, and also on why I’ve decided to do doctoral work in theological method.

And, if anyone cares, I’ll be updating the reading reviews from the works I’ve read over the last year.  I have no idea how long that will take, but hopefully the next few weeks will allow me some time to get things going back here.