How Theology Affected My Life

Theology of Christianity appears in many forms. It is a concentration of the study of both the old and new testaments, as well as Christian traditions. Such theologies discussed by the author are: biblical criticism, systematic theology, historical theology, moral theology, pastoral theology, liberation theology, natural theology, liturgical studies and sacramenta theology, and mystical

In the study of Christian theology, scripture plays an essential role in the revelation of the Doctrine of God. Scriptures are “God-breathed” (2 Timothy 3:16-17) words, written by the Holy Spirit through divine inspiration of prophets. They are necessary for the proper understanding of the doctrine of God, the self-revelation of God, the proof of God’s existence, and for the discernment of false doctrines.

In this project, I will describe a scenario in which I am developing within my own ministry to engage people in helping them think theologically. The Church today is suffering greatly because many people are not engaged in Scripture, practicing spiritual disciplines, or thinking theologically. I hope to create a pattern to correct that and give them the ability to not just learn a little each week from a sermon, but take everything that comes at them and learn from it, while giving them the ability to teach others as well.

Theology 104 has changed my personal view of theology. Right away after week one when I open my Bible and start to read there was more clarification in the way I understood the scripture that was being read. There was a more comfortable and confident feeling in the way I regard God and redemption. In turn, I feel more knowledge of what I have learned and able to share the word of God more effectively. Finding factual proof to substantiate my theory of Christianity and the existence of God has become less challenging from the knowledge I have obtained from this division. Passing on my view of Christianity and God has been less challenging for me.

In this paper, I am going to share my ideas of theology. I believe that one of the biggest mistakes I made in the past was that I was afraid of being rejected, so I wrote a theology paper and tried to give the previous COM what I thought they wanted to hear instead of what was truly inside of me. Fortunately for me, even though I was not given a green light in order to see the Eccleastical Council, I was licensed to preach and this gave me time

I thought that by doing good things I was living my life the way God wanted me to. When I came to Indiana Wesleyan my ideas about being good were completely changed. I can now see and understand the doctrines of my Church and the purpose behind the study of Theological Anthropology. Creating a relationship with Christ allows Christians to understand the plan that God has in store for us and gives us an opportunity to become more Christ-like.

Over the past eight weeks my view of theology hasn’t changed much. When I hear the word theology, Immediately I think of God, religious faith, and different belief systems that are developed within one’s self. As I strategically consider what does it really mean to me, after this course, I have been exposed to a more in-depth insight to what Christ purpose was and how significant the books in the bible are today. Now, I know why theology is defined as the study of religious faith, practice and experiences. After completing this last assignment, I will continue to have faith in Christianity, live by the principles in my belief system, and relationship with God will be more intimate

There are many things that go into theology. Such as certain documents like Apostles’ Creed or studying the Bible. How do we study the Bible or any theology? You can study theology by taking different approaches towards it. Historians say that the best approach to take an “historical approach”. This approach causes you to learn more about how religion worked back in the olden days. A way to make this approach more doable is breaking it down into different time frames or eras. While breaking it down into more eras also sort out what was significant

I was watching a Christian bishop on the television. He preaching about begin pressured, worrying about things, and living in depression. While I was watching the bishop preaching my sister took the television remote and she changed the channel to watch pretty little liars without asking me if she could change it. I was annoyed at her because she was careless. I raised my voice at her, I asked her why did she changed it. I really wanted to hear what the bishop saying, so I told her I’m suffering from this and maybe she watch it for herself. I asked her if she could please put it back. My mom was sitting next to me and she told my sister to put the channel I was watching back on.

Just what is theology? This question can have a wide variety of answers, from irrelevant facts about God thought up by men centuries ago, to complicated theories discussed by scholars. Typically, the average 21st century man does not consider theology as relevant. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. Theology by definition has the characteristics of both expounding the truth, and impacting the believer with that truth (Himes, 2011). Therefore, theology and the church are intricately combined, in that the church embodies the revelation of God, and is reality, not theory (Himes, 2011). A personal practical theology must begin with revelation, not the individual (Himes, 2011), and proclaim

Theology is the study of God. This includes who He is in person and personality. This is an absolutely fundamental belief of Christianity.

Have you ever not liked doing something your parents wanted you to do? Well I use to, but it changed my life! When I was in sixth grade my mom use to make me go to church, and I did not like it. I remember after church was over I would come out in a bad mood because I did not want to go to church and it would ruin my mom’s day! Then we tried a new church, and it CHANGED my life!

Theology never had an impact on my life until I came to Creighton. I was taught at public schools and my family and I were not churchgoers. I always knew that I was catholic but I never legitimately put an emphasis on trying to learn about the Bible. I have an increased interested and push towards reading books about science and math because I assume this way of understanding. The reason that I have been struggling in this class is because I endure the perspective of an analytical thinker and I choose to read type of literature that is straightforward. This conflict with analytical thinking and the Bible can be shown with Jesus’s inhuman abilities and the problems with the flow and timeline of oral tradition in the testament.

The reason I would pick this topic is that I think it gets at the core of what theological anthropology really is. Theological anthropology is the study of humans as they relate to God. One of the most important and also most complicated aspects of humanity is the ability of humans to develop relationships. The relationships that people develop permeate every aspect of their lives, shaping every thought,

To fully understand how God and religion have shaped my life, you would need to understand a little bit more about me and my past. My parents divorced when I was two and my mom remarried by the time I was 3, my ex-step dad’s family went to a local Christian Church and for the most part I really enjoyed their services, we went every Sunday, participated in other Church activities and attended Church camp in the summers and as a family we worshiped the Lord, and as a family, we lived our life through the Lord. However, when my mom found out her husband had participated in an affair that had lasted more than half of their marriage, they divorced. I was about nine and because we attend his family Church we stopped attending, as you can imagine it was uncomfortable for everyone involved. My mom had found a new Christian Church and it was amazing, they played Christian Rock and the pastor had long hair. Church was on Sunday and youth group was on Wednesday, it quickly became my favorite day and activity. However, it only lasted until my teenage years, I had been drifting in and out of trouble, hanging out with kids that I shouldn’t have been with and definitely not the kind of kids you run into at Church and through all the hard, awkward middle school moments “those” kids had my back, the mislead and troubled kids accepted me for me, in a way my church friends never had. Many of “those” kids, came from homes like I had and they didn’t judge my shortcomings, but mostly I didn’t