Standing on the Finite

Okay, a popular author, N.T. Wright has a great book called Surprised by Hope. I just like the play on words, and this as nothing to do with his book. 

I was thinking more about theology, specifically systematic theology. I am certain about two things 1) some of it is great, useful, and necessary; 2) a lot of it is just bloat, pages filled with big words and man made ideas. 

Don't get me wrong, it is important to be educated and know what is going on theologically, and I don't want to reinvent the wheel so to speak, although how could you reinvent the wheel, the actual wheel I mean, it is pretty amazing. 

I think we need to strip away some layers of this system we, over 2000 years, have created. I am not sure what needs to be removed to take the weight off of the Gospel's shoulders, but something has to change. It is a lot harder to run a good race with giant weights wrapped around your ankles. Finally, I am not certain here but my guess would be that the purpose of Christ's amazing, transforming, and radical message was not a system of intellectualism. 

The purpose of the Gospel was and still is, to transform this world! 

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