I’m beginning to appreciate the value of theology a little more.

In the past, I’ve generally not been good friends with theology. I’ve always felt like it was someone else’s work. I could do it, but I preferred to hang out in the realm of practics. I even wrote a a blog post two years ago in which I boldly pronounced that “I’m not a theologian, or a philosopher. I’m a mechanic.” In saying that, I was trying to communicate that I like to deal with “practical” stuff–preaching, discipleship, implementing certain systems in the church, and would rather not deal with the stuff of theology. I think I’m changing, though.

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It’s easy to distort mission work as simply being faithful to a command–I do because He told me so. I think this is what saps so much spiritual vitality from what we do. This is what devolves an honest Christian into a legalist. Lesslie Newbigin, in his book The Gospel In A Pluralist Society, shares a refreshing–and I think a true take–on what biblical mission work is about:

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