Systematic Theology Journal

To say I haven’t blog in a while would a be a huge understatement.  But I won’t get too hung up on apologies and delay this post anymore than it should.  It’s not that I’ve lost reason to blog – there’s been many events and even just thoughts worth noting.  It’s just that I’ve lost the luxury of time and energy to do it.  But now, I’m starting what feels like a bonafiable, certifiable journey.  It’s a journey I think worth keeping a journal for.  I failed miserably many times using paper-based, composition-type notebooks as a journal.  As untrained as I am, I’m still a much faster typer than I am a scriber and my scribing lags as thoughts escape and evaporate.  My penmanship can be horrible and lazy at times, too – unreadable even to me.  It so much easier to be neat doing it electronically – the delete key is so accessible and easy to use to reword thoughts or ideas.

So what’s Systematic Theology?  Well, that’s what I’m suppose to find out.  But as you may guess, it has something to do with theology.  That’s “theo” as in “theos” which means God in Greek.  And of course “ology” which means the “the study of”.  The study of God.  Yes.  I want to study God.  How am I doing that exactly?  No, I haven’t enrolled in Seminary.  I simply have a book authored.  Authored by Wayne Grudem and given to me by my pastor, it’s called “Bible Doctrine, Essential Teachings of the Christian Faith” – condense version of his other book called, “Systematic Theology.”  Along with the book, I have my friend and pastor, Josh Luse, who will walk with me on this journey.  I feel privileged to have this opportunity and the support.

This venue or forum should allow me to express my thoughts and write down the things I am learning and ideas and thoughts provoked by it.  I’m also a horrible reader and studier.  I know I just can’t read passively or the knowledge just won’t stick.  This journal and the act of deliberately writing will hopefully get help me retain the knowledge.

So that’s it.  Hopefully what’s to follow after are my key take-aways from what’s to come.  There’s always a chance that this journal idea may not go as I plan and I may fall off the blog-wagon once more.  But my desire is that I be able to capture most of the details of what seems to be a really cool, life changing adventure.