As you guys may know by reading my blog over the past few weeks, I'm back on my 'semester' in the University of Self-Education!
Basically I'm going through 7 books right now to strengthen my understanding of #theology and prayerfully growing closer to Christ.
Today's 'study' was on Christology which is the study into the nature of Christ and His ministry. And the book I've chosen to go through is this one:
I actually read through this book when it was first released quite a few years ago. But I'm a big fan of the author and decided it would be a great book to go through again for my little 'college experiment'.
Overall, the premise of the book is the covenant found within the bible. Tracing it from Adam all the way to Christ. Which I find absolutely fascinating.
Thumbing through a few chapters today, I came across this tidbit:
It really made me stop because I don't know about you...But I'm extremely guilty of this when it comes to my faith.
The doctrine of the 'prooftext' is rampant within Christendom. With tens of thousands of denominations, each one claims to have the truth. And what's even worse is that we will ARGUE with anyone that doesn't fall in line with our way of thinking.
Once again...Guilty as charged. Just ask a few people in the Kingdom Discord lol
But back to the point the author was making, he also stated that he wished the chapters and verses would disappear.
Why?
Think back to the 'doctrine of prooftexting' and imagine a theology that didn't rely on...Turn to this chapter and verse to see our point!
And while I don't think there is anything wrong with having doctrines that we consider fundamental, I do believe at times it can create division where there isn't any.
The big picture which the author is stating is that....Christ is the center of the entire bible. That's the entire point.
Jesus.
Not debating Acts 10 about dietary laws or not. Not the Sabbath vs Sunday. Not if women should be ordained or not. And while I think healthy discussion is healthy and good, the main point, should always be Christ!
Our hope of glory!
I'm about half way through this book (for the second time lol) and I'm finding so many more gems the second time through it.
Tomorrow, funny enough, is Thursday which in my little 'semester reading plan' will be...Church doctrine lol
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