Crash Reflection for a Crash Course
Several days ago I taught a 30-hour block course at the seminary. The four-day course covered the study of Christian anthropology, pneumatology, ecclesiology, and eschatology. When we arrived at the final hour of the course, the time was opened up for each student in the class to share the difference this course might have made in their faith journey. It pleasantly surprised me that some of the sharing was accompanied with tears.
One fellow student in the class shared about how he had drifted away in his faith, and how this course in Theology had now brought him back to the Lord. As he shared this, my heart felt strangely warm. And we all together affirmed the presence of God throughout our study together.
Theology is more than a mere intellectual exercise for the defence of the Christian faith. It must lead us into a state of reverent worship. The end of the study of Theology must be the doxology.
