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The Bible forbids us from being divisive and argumentative, and we all desire relationships that are marked by peace and...
20/06/2025

The Bible forbids us from being divisive and argumentative, and we all desire relationships that are marked by peace and unity. After all, we are called to to exercise the fruit of the Spirit, which includes gentleness, kindness and patience.

But if we take a closer look at Jesus' life we see something strangely obvious—his life was a storm of controversy. He argued with the Pharisees and religious people. He confronted them and exposed their errors. Boldly. Unapologetically.

(And it wasn't just Jesus. The prophets and apostles alike could hardly go a day without controversy. Paul said he debated daily in the marketplaces.)

It seems as though there is a contradiction between the life of these godly people and their godly message, right?

But here's the truth:

If you're a Christian you cannot avoid controversy. Controversy inevitably follows whenever theology is studied. And if you're a Christian you're a theologian. You are someone who knows the truth, studies it and seek to make it known to people living in lies.

Controvery is not the problem in itself, but in our failure to distinguish god-ly controversies from god-less controversies—truths that are negotiable and truths that requires us to contend with all our might.

And this is the result of our lack of discernment and knowledge of the truth. As the saying goes, “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.” Those who are immature tend to argue a lot on things that are not so important and beneficial. And so arise unhealthy and unnecessary divisions.

If we want to engage in god-ly controversies—those that have eternal consequences—we must increase our knowledge of the truth.

Avoiding controversy is not an option for a Christian who is committed to the truth.

It is our great duty and privilege to follow the footsteps of our Lord and the apostles to “contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 1:3).

Sometimes, the people who should lead us to the truth do the exact opposite—they lead us to falsehood and distort our un...
20/06/2025

Sometimes, the people who should lead us to the truth do the exact opposite—they lead us to falsehood and distort our understanding of the truth. They plant seeds of doubt and skepticism through their bad theology.

But this doesn't mean we should avoid studying theology altogether.

Yes, there are times when we become dismayed when we hear someone whom we esteem highly committing very serious error that is both destructive to the church and blasphemous against God.

They betray our trust.

And this betrayal of trust leads to our reaction,
“If this is what studying theology leads to, then I'm going to avoid it altogether.”

My friends, may it not be so.

Because, as R.C. Sproul said, “to reject all theology and theological education in order to avoid bad theology is to commit spiritual su***de. It is the exercise of another kind of treason. To reject theology is to reject the knowledge of God. This is not an option for the Christian.”

By no means should we avoid knowing our God.

Theology is worth pursuing because our God is worth pursuing—even when some theologians fall.

Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD;
his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us as the showers,
as the spring rains that water the earth.”
—Hosea 6:3

“Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it” (Mark 10:15). Jesus' analogy r...
19/06/2025

“Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it” (Mark 10:15).

Jesus' analogy reveals a kind of trust that is humble and unquestioning—like a child's trust in a loving parent.

As little children take their parents at their word, so should we also take God at his word—trusting in him even without understanding everything he is doing in our lives.

Even as we grow into Christian maturity we are to remain in a child-like trust in our heavenly Father.

We can outgrow our parents in terms of leadership and wisdom but we can never outgrow our most wise and sovereign Shepherd.

However, some Christians confuse this child-like faith with the child-ish¹ faith. The childish faith refuses the meat of God's word and still clings to a diet of milk.²

It fails to plunge into the depths of God's truth. Therefore, Christians with a childish faith never grow into maturity but remain being spiritual infants their whole lives.

That's why Paul encourages us in 1 Corinthians 14:20, “Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.”

Let us be children in trust, but adults in understanding.

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¹ 1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.

² Hebrews 5:12-14 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

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“We don’t need theology; we just need Jesus and the gospel.”Yet you cannot truly know Jesus and the gospel without engag...
18/06/2025

“We don’t need theology; we just need Jesus and the gospel.”

Yet you cannot truly know Jesus and the gospel without engaging in theology.

Christians who say they don’t need theology or doctrine often do so out of ignorance.

Without realizing it, they turn away from the very truths that would lead them closer to the God they claim to seek.

The word theology comes from two Greek words: theos (God) and logos (word, discourse, or study). So theology simply means the study of God.

Even the simplest confession—“Jesus is my Lord and Savior”—is rich with theological meaning.

Answering the questions, Who is Jesus? What is the gospel? How can a person be saved? necessarily involves theology.

It is impossible for a Christian to avoid theology, because a Christian is someone who desires to know God¹ and increase in the knowledge of God.²

“No Christian can avoid theology. Every Christian has a theology. The issue, then, is not, do we want to have a theology? That’s a given. The real issue is, do we have sound theology? Do we embrace true or false doctrine?” —R.C. Sproul

Let every Christian embrace theology and strive to be a sound theologian—not to become proud, but to know and love God rightly.

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¹ Philippians 3:10 — “That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.”
² Colossians 1:10 — “So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.”

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