Theology 101:
Some say God is a product of the human imagination.
I say it’s the other way around.
02.03.2026 05:34
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Theology 101:
Some say God is a product of the human imagination.
I say it’s the other way around.
Theology 101: When Christians let me down, Christ still lifts me up.
Theology 101: I call it the Marvel Movie Syndrome—just as each Marvel movie had to out-do the previous to the point of absurdity, churches that use gimmicks to attract a crowd must continually out-do themselves to keep them coming back.
Theology 101: The church’s teachings are built on no other foundation than the writings of the apostles and prophets. In fact, we have no access to the doctrines and practices of Jesus except by means of the writings of the apostles and prophets.
Theology 101: The tablets of the Law were carried in the Ark of the Covenant partly to remind us that the Law was never meant to be approached or appropriated apart from a genuine encounter with the one true God.
Theology 101:
Well, wait...
hold on...
let me check—
Yup, God is still on his throne.
Theology 101: Without prudence, discernment, wisdom, and discretion, speaking your mind and getting things off your chest are not virtues. When speaking, speak the truth. But sometimes we need to just keep our mouths shut.
Theology 101: Ever notice how many Christians who change their theological position on a non-foundational matter tend to be more dogmatic and enthusiastic about it than those who have humbly held the position from the start?
Theology 101: If your end-times expectations are antichrist-and-Armageddon centered (fear) rather than Christ-and-resurrection centered (hope), I’d say that’s a problem. (1 Thessalonians 1:9–10)
Theology 101: If your eschatology has you calling death “resurrection,” congratulations, your eschatology is no better than second-century Gnostics.
Theology 101: In our miraculous ascent toward glory, the devil strives to drag us back down to the dust. In that descent he convinces us we’re nothing more than animals and that self-preservation and self-gratification are the only worthy pursuits.
Theology 101: NO! No ecumenical council—neither Constantinople (381) nor Ephesus (431) condemned premillennialism, chiliasm, or any particular millennial view. If someone repeats this debunked myth, walk away. You’re dealing with a hack. fathersonthefuture.com/articles/did...
Theology 101: Scripture isn’t the only source for theology, because it isn’t the only means by which God has revealed himself. But it’s the only verbally inspired revelation of God’s plan of redemption through Jesus Christ, so it’s the essential starting point and center point of our theology.
Theology 101: When you have to constantly resort to straw-manning, ridicule, exaggeration, rhetorical fallacies, reductionism, anachronism, and false accusations to dunk on theological opponents who manifest the fruit of the Spirit, I reject your position for just that reason.
Theology 101: If you can’t resist posting snide swipes at whole traditions or denominations of God-loving, Christ-serving, Spirit-empowered, Bible-believing, Trinitarian Christians, you’re either insecure in your own tradition or just plain mean. It’s carnal, not spiritual.
Theology 101: Every eschatology—whether amillennial, premillennial, or postmillennial—has death on earth during the millennial kingdom of Rev 20. Only in classic premillennialism is death reduced to a mere trickle while the world is gradually freed from its bondage to corruption.
Theology 101: You can call yourself whatever you want, but unless you believe, confess, and teach the things of the Christian faith held everywhere, always, and by all, you are not a Christian.
Theology 101: Too often we pray for “words to say” when we should be praying for “ears to hear.”
Theology 101: Real dispensationalism should have zero interest in building a temple in Jerusalem this side of the Tribulation.
Theology 101: The Body of Christ is radically inclusive in that God invites ALL who believe and repent to partake. The Body of Christ is radically exclusive in that God invites all WHO BELIEVE AND REPENT to partake.
WEEKEND CHALLENGE: Grab and read/listen to “The AItheist” this weekend, and I’ll bet you won’t be able to resist grabbing 2.0 and 3.0.
When a captain goes down with a ship, that’s principled leadership. When the passengers go down with the captain, that’s cultish fanaticism.
Theology 101: The “best of all possible worlds” theodicy only works if God is in the process of actually redeeming—not totally annihilating—this world.
Theology 101: When a local church or even denomination itself becomes its own idol and object of affection, God may remove it and give its ministry to others whose object of affection is God alone.
Theology 101: Despite its flaws, I haven’t forsaken the free church tradition that led me to Christ, discipled me, and supported me through many struggles—for the same reasons I’ve never forsaken my mother who bore me, nurtured me, and still provides wisdom and encouragement.
Theology 101:
Them: “The NT applies OT promises to the seed of Abraham spiritually to the church. So—no future promises for the physical seed of Abraham.”
Me: “The NT applies the OT promise of resurrection spiritually to the church. Will there be no future physical resurrection?”
Theology 101: Even if I disagree, I respect those who articulate well-researched, nuanced theological positions on which they labored for years with accountability to both church and academy. But I have no respect for fools who build a fortified tower on top of Mount Stupid.
Ankole Cows
📌 Martin Luther King Jr.
Highest education: PhD in Systematic Theology
Role: Civil rights leader
Top accomplishment: Led the civil rights movement and helped pass the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts
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From wilderness journeys (Numbers 33–36) to Moses’ retelling of the story (Deut 1–16), this week reminds us: remembering where God has brought us is how we learn to trust Him with what’s ahead.
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