Theology/Theologian

In secret, I've always thought I was something of a brilliant mind. Not to say this feeling lingers, in fact, the more I come to know about my Lord, and especially come to know about His children, the more I find, I'm just two steps away from flippin' burgers at an imaginary fast-food joint in a room with padded walls.

Which I doubt is where God wants me. Breaking down theology into its core meaning, has become quintessential to understanding God, and also understanding God's creation, myself. It was a very large lesson, with some interesting discussions, but basically, I've come to identify theology as the study of the thinking about God, through Christ, the Logos. Essentially, the ability to reason is a direct result of being made in God's image and likeness. Because Christ is the definition of reason, as He alone is the reason for all things, it is only logical that He would create us with the inherent ability to think about and to know Him. The implications of this, are as profound as they are dynamic. We can come to a conclusion that God's will, is that we seek to know Him, through thought about Him.

This leads me to believe the practice of theology will be vast and scary, simply because the object of theology is God Himself. So last night's lesson came with a flat out warning. Which I appreciated. Thinking about God should be approached with caution, care, meekness, and fear; subsequently He should be revered with awe, humility, truth, spirit, and love.

Thinking-on, I should say that theology should more or less be defined as, A creation's balanced thinking about its Creator, in regard to the Creator's balance in His creation.

I'll end with a few notes from last night that I wrote down:
-The created are, because the Creator is.
-Theology is logos about theos, all logos derives from the Logos, Jesus.
-Doing theology is somewhat like being around a bomb, or an untame lion.
-God is what He has, and acts what He is 'simultaneously' and eternally.
-Systematic theology draws on the Philosphical, biblical and dogmatic theology; endeavors to develop a comprehensive theological account.
-The more that you come to understand God, the more that you will be intrigued by Him the more that you know Him, the more you shall love Him... so far from replacing our faith, understanding feeds it, focuses it, and makes it all the more powerful and passsionate.
-practicing theology, you are not merely thinking about God, but rather loving Him in the same way that you love other persons: by getting to know Him better faith seeking understanding is an act of love.
-A faith without works may be empirically fruitless, but works without faith are evangelically frivolous.
-Theology is not so much about getting right answers as it is about seeing reality.