August, 2006
General - Thursday, August 31, 2006 20:28 - 0 Comments
Jesus-Centered Reformed Theology
Here are the notes that I used in the session “Jesus-Centered Reformed Theology” which took place over the last couple of days here in sunny San Diego. This was an Acts 29 event, and we were blessed to have many attend and some get assessed for planting. It was great to have such incredible men come together and share in the running theme of Gospel-Centered theology and life. There are also powerpoints that were used that describe a bit of detail in “The Flow of Theology” if you are interested. Feel free to email me for them.
JESUS-CENTERED REFORMED THEOLOGY
David Fairchild
The Need for Christ-Centered Theology
Every human has a theology. From the clearest explanations of the infinite, to the most bizarre notions of mans imagination to dismiss His existence, one thing is true: we all think thoughts about God, whether accurate or inaccurate.
It then becomes the loving duty of every pastor to see himself as a theologian. This does not mean that we are calling our men to sit in a classroom to argue abstract ideas about God, it means that because the need to understand God is so great in this world that we of all people must be the clearest in our thoughts and articulation of who God is, what He’s done, what He’s doing and is promising to do. If we are muddled in our thinking and speaking about God, we will find that our people and God’s mission will suffer. Therefore, there is a need for Christ-centered theology. Continue…
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