I’m not really an egg-head, but I want to start a new school of theology. At present on the American scene we are dominated by Covenant theology (Reformed Theology), Dispensational Theology and New Covenant Theology. Globally and in the past we’ve lived through Liberation Theology, Feminist Theology, Natural Theology – the list is endless. So why add one more? Just because I can? No sir. Because each one of these, from the most coherent, Biblical and sound, to the most ridiculous, insidious and dangerous – share one common trait: They do not start with “Theos” but with something else. And the something else is the defining factor – NOT, the “Theos”. Theology, must, if it is going to be thoroughly Biblical and sound, must start with God, not the grid through which we interpret God and His Word. Theo-Theology is what I am proposing.
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