i hate christian theology

I started writing this in my journal this morning, but got so worked up that I had to post it somewhere. I had a discussion yesterday with a couple of people about Christian theology and specifically what they hate about certain other people as regards Christian theology. Can I just say that this drives me nuts! I know I’m treading on thin ice with some people here, but hear me out.

Let me pose this question: What would the world look like if we spent the same amount of time, energy and resources on showing Christ to people as we do on our Christian theology wars?

The problem is that we've lost our sense of what goes where. Who cares if they're Wesleyan? It doesn’t matter if they're reformed, both have truth. Both have the words of Jesus that bring hope. I may agree more with one than the other and therefore choose to work with one more than the other, but for God's sake let's start working together! We're on the same team here people.

No Christian can get it all right. I have yet to read or hear a single person that is right on every point of their approach to the spiritual life. John Eldredge is weak on theology, but John Piper is weak on his relevance to a postmodern culture. We have to learn to take the good and leave the bad.

The bottom line is that Christian theology is all about Christians. We need to rediscover Christ Theology. I don't care what Christians think about God. I only car what God thinks about God.

moving day

Hey Everyone,

I finally got with the times and got a myspace account. you will most like see more of me there from now on...

the address is: http://www.myspace.com/hopelesssurrender

-Andy

So I'm giving a talk this week at Threads in Kalamazoo and I came across this passage of the Pensees by Pascal. It's an amazing commentary on our state in the 21st century!

“The way to make a man happy is to engage him with an object that will make him forget his private troubles. What can be the reason that this man, who not long ago lost his only son, and this very morning was engaged almost to distraction in a lawsuit, now does not give his troubles a thought? You need not be astonished. He is taken up with watching a stag, which his hounds have been in full chase after, for 6 hours. However great his distress might have been, in this he finds ample consolation. In short, prevail upon a man to join in any amusement whatever, and as long as that lasts, he will be happy. But it will be a false and imaginary happiness, arising not from the possession of real and solid good, but from a levity of spirit that obliterates the recollection of his real miseries. It fixes his thoughts upon mean and ridiculous objects, unworthy of his attention, and still less deserving of his love.”

“Mankind, unable to escape death, trouble and ignorance, in order to make themselves happy, have hit upon the plan of never thinking about these things. The utmost efforts of their ingenuity can suggest no better consolation for such prodigal evils. But it is most miserable consolation, since it does not cure the evil, but merely conceals it a little while. By concealing it, men are prevented from attempting to obtain a thorough cure.”

Let me know what you think...

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okay. it's time fore the world to see the idiot i am and one of the many stupid things i've talked my brothers into doing. we did this a few years ago and the pictures have just recently become declassified.

Dear World,

Watch and wonder....

Go ahead, say it, i have a pointy head!

Look how happy i was.

NOW FOR AARON'S SHAME (i put me first just to be fair, 'cause his are way funnier)

Here's Aaron Howard, i mean Brown

hmm...he looks way too happy.