Just because it is the summer and classes are not meeting does not mean that Adult Chris Ed is dormant. At the the request of the Southeast PA Synod we will be offering the Book of Faith initiative this Fall. For those who participated last fall at one of our two time slots, please consider returning for more discussion of "How Lutherans read the Bible and what the Bible means to Lutheran theology". This second part will be a point of departure for our second offering, "A History of Christian Theology".
Each week during worship when we recite one of the Creeds we say, "I believe in God the Father almighty"; but, what do we believe? essentially Theology is the study of God and what we believe about God and the nature of God. What I hope to do is, through video, some readings and discussion help people come to clarify what they think about God and their relation to God and some of the things that those beliefs entail. When Jesus issued the 'Great Commission' he was a little thin on the theology. and as those who participated in earlier discussions learned, that is where Saint paul took up the job of developing a theology to explain God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Later Saint Augustine, Thomas Aquinas and even Marting Luther and John Calvin, during the reformation, expanded theological thought. In the modern and post-modern church there has been the development and expansion of Liberation Theology.
What does this all mean? Well, if I knew, then I would be a theologian, but in our own way we are all theologians. So please accept this invitation to join us this fall at LCR Sunday mornings to explore and develop your theology.
Peace,
Clyde Beury
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