Sentences with phrase «stories teach theology»
The origin stories teach theology, not cosmology, geology or anthropology.
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When I look to the Bible for the purpose of developing a theology of nature, I turn to the early chapters of Genesis, the story of Noah, some of the Psalms, some of Jesus» teachings, John 1, and Romans 8.
If the story of American theology was taught at all, it was as a minor elective.
Some Christians acknowledge the distinction between the Gospel stories and the history behind them and argue that the starting point for Christian theology is not the faith of the New Testament but the teaching and ministry of Jesus.
God is Redeeming Church Bible & Theology Topics: illustrations, Jesus, Luke 8, parables, Preaching, stories, teaching
He tells Jack Burden, the smart - aleck, wisecracking narrator (to whom the story equally belongs), that he himself went to an old - fashioned Presbyterian Sunday school where in the old days they still taught some theology.
I am convinced it is partly because he knew that stories often teach theology better than simply teaching theology.
He is not necessarily talking in these quotes about teaching theology through story, but by looking at his practice, I think that he would argue that the most basic «vernacular» of any culture is story.