Thinking of Him
Book Details
Author(s)Rev. Paula J Behrens
PublisherCreateSpace
ISBN / ASIN1461186064
ISBN-139781461186069
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
Theology 101 Bible Study Guide for the Christian Church:
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What is theology? Theology is language "about" God. Theology is taking God seriously. God is the lifeblood of theology. "Theos" refers to God and "logos" refers to communication through language. A theologian is required to speak words about God. As we speak words about God we come to better understand who God is, how God relates to human beings and to creation. As we speak words about God we come to better understand how we are related to God. Not only is theology, language "about" God, but also, theology is an interaction with the divine, a communication with God. God is not an "it," or something to be found as you search deep inside your own self. God is not something within the human creature, but God is a living, moving, thinking, feeling being, separate from and beyond the finite being we call human.
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"Thinking of Him" is designed for small groups or individuals desiring to deepen their understanding about God. Review questions at the end of each chapter are included as a guide for leaders and facilitators.
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What is theology? Theology is language "about" God. Theology is taking God seriously. God is the lifeblood of theology. "Theos" refers to God and "logos" refers to communication through language. A theologian is required to speak words about God. As we speak words about God we come to better understand who God is, how God relates to human beings and to creation. As we speak words about God we come to better understand how we are related to God. Not only is theology, language "about" God, but also, theology is an interaction with the divine, a communication with God. God is not an "it," or something to be found as you search deep inside your own self. God is not something within the human creature, but God is a living, moving, thinking, feeling being, separate from and beyond the finite being we call human.
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"Thinking of Him" is designed for small groups or individuals desiring to deepen their understanding about God. Review questions at the end of each chapter are included as a guide for leaders and facilitators.
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In her brief, but concisely written and organized book, Thinking of Him, Paula Behrens has done the faith community a great service.  In direct, layman terms, free of academic jargon, she has provided both a theological primer and a catechism of what C. S. Lewis has called "mere" Christianity.  Though Behrens writes from a Methodist perspective, her book affirms all the key doctrines of the Nicene Creed (Trinity, Incarnation, Atonement, Resurrection) and, as such, should be accepted by all orthodox believers.  Some may wish to add to her primer, but there is nothing that can or should be taken away.  She is to be commended in particular for her clear treatment of the three persons of the Trinity, her affirmation of the Church and sacraments, and her discussion of justification, sanctification, and prevenient grace--which affirms fully the sovereignty and prerogative of God while not robbing man of true freedom of choice.  Both orthodox and accessible, Thinking of Him will help Christians to know what they believe.
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Louis Markos, Professor in English and Scholar-in-Residence, Houston Baptist University; author of Apologetics for the 21st Century
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In her brief, but concisely written and organized book, Thinking of Him, Paula Behrens has done the faith community a great service.  In direct, layman terms, free of academic jargon, she has provided both a theological primer and a catechism of what C. S. Lewis has called "mere" Christianity.  Though Behrens writes from a Methodist perspective, her book affirms all the key doctrines of the Nicene Creed (Trinity, Incarnation, Atonement, Resurrection) and, as such, should be accepted by all orthodox believers.  Some may wish to add to her primer, but there is nothing that can or should be taken away.  She is to be commended in particular for her clear treatment of the three persons of the Trinity, her affirmation of the Church and sacraments, and her discussion of justification, sanctification, and prevenient grace--which affirms fully the sovereignty and prerogative of God while not robbing man of true freedom of choice.  Both orthodox and accessible, Thinking of Him will help Christians to know what they believe.
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Louis Markos, Professor in English and Scholar-in-Residence, Houston Baptist University; author of Apologetics for the 21st Century
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