Theology You Can Get Your Hands On
Modern Christian search is for comprehensive Christian information and to get it all straight. - Esther Meek
The goal is not certain comprehensive information; there is something better than that. You don't settle for less, you hold out for more and that more is ongoing communion. - Esther Meek
1) The Bible blurs the line between the physical and non-physical
Examples
Jesus' resurrection
Worship - raising hands, kneeling, etc. are a fundamental part of Biblical worship
David playing for Saul - I Samuel 16:23
Laying on of hands healing, spiritual gifts, etc - 2 Timothy 1:6, Luke 4:40
Anointing with oil
Baptism - Matthew 28:19
Lord's supper - Luke 22:14-23
Marriage Relationship/Adultery - Songs of Songs and Hosea 1:2
Parenting - God as our Father - Luke 12:29-31, Matthew 6:26, 2 Corinthians 1:3
Suffering - Hebrews 5:8
Sickness and pain
Sin - 1 Corinthians 11:28-30
Time - Feast of Firstfruits (Leviticus 23:4-8) and Pentecost (Feast of Weeks) (Leviticus 23:15-22)
Luke 2:20 and Acts 2
2 Thessalonians 2:13
Power over the snake - Exodus 4:1-4 and Acts 28:3-5
Rich images from Biblical poetry are rooted in images from earlier Biblical narratives. That is how metaphor works in the Bible. You need the narratives to understand the poetic images and the images reveal deeper meaning in to those narratives. - Bible Project
Light
Genesis 1 - Creation movement from darkness to light from night to day
1 Timothy 6:16, Psalm 36:9, 1 John 1:5, John 3:16-21
Judgement -
Psalm 37:6, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:23-24, Exodus 14:23-25
Blessing
James 1:17, Psalms 89:15-16, Psalms 80:19 Genesis 32:29-31
Jesus has power over darkness
John 1:4-5, Luke 4:40
2) Biblical Knowing
Genesis 15:7-9, Leviticus 23:42-43, Luke 22:19b
Leviticus - An entire book of rituals that impact every aspect of a Jewish person’s life.
Ritual and Liturgy
Spirit charged rituals are tangible ways for God to get hold of us and reorient us and empowers us to be His image bearers. They are the ways for the Spirit to meet us where we are as embodied creatures of habit. - James Smith
Spiritual disciplines and liturgical practices are not just expressive means of showing my devotion to God. They are formative practices through which the Spirit re-habituates and re-narrates my identity. - James Smith
Karate kid
3) What do we do with this?
Living out the Law
Paul - Deuteronomy 25:4 and 1 Timothy 5:17–18
Jesus and leprosy
Spiritual Gifts
1 Corinthians 12
All made in the Image of God
Gideon
Use the gifts that God gives you, innate or otherwise.
