Four Views on Moving Beyond the Bible to Theology Quotes

“Theology is “practical” in the fullest, most robust sense: it is a matter not of building systems of ideas so much as it is of world-building, or rather, of building up the world into the fullness of Christ (Eph. 1:22–23). Being biblical, then, ultimately refers to what may be termed a “political” task: building the city of God amidst the ruins of the city of Man.”
― Gary T. Meadors, Four Views on Moving Beyond the Bible to Theology

“It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have begun our real work and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.1”
― Gary T. Meadors, Four Views on Moving Beyond the Bible to Theology

“The result is that God gave to the woman a corresponding power or authority as that possessed by the man. Therefore, the woman was not man’s “helpmate,” but a full power or authority corresponding to Adam.”
― Gary T. Meadors, Four Views on Moving Beyond the Bible to Theology