The Doctrine of God: A Brief Overview

Question 1 

Christian theology draws upon various sources. Extensively, four primary sources have been recognized within the Christian convention: tradition, scripture, religious experience and the reason. In spite of the fact that not viewed as being of equivalent significance, every one of these sources has a particular commitment to make within the theology discipline. I believe that scripture is the most significant source of Christian theology. When alluding to the Old Testament, early Christians utilized the term ‘scripture’. Similar writings, keep on being held as sacred by Jews right up until the present time. A similar assortment of writings is alluded to in various manners by various groups. I consider reason to be the least important of these sources because it often contradicts with facts of Christianity. Underutilizing some sources leads to the missing of certain important facts that could help shape constructive theology (Wyman Jr, 2017). The normative source of this type of theology is the Bible in that it centers on the Holy Scriptures and focuses on God. 

Question 2 

Embedded theology is the thing that people accumulate verifiably from Church environments. It is our first comprehension of the confidence and the resulting activities and practices that it involves – those things that have been learned and strengthened by the instances of our surroundings. Deliberative theology is the comprehension of confidence that rises up out of a procedure of cautiously reflecting upon inserted theological feelings. It doubts what has been expected or underestimated and holds it even at a specific separation for basic evaluation. It takes what a person has been taught and poses the significant inquiry: Why? Some examples of embedded theology in my life include the knowledge of God’s existence and Jesus being the Christ. It also involves small things like how I should dress on Sundays and where I can worship God. My theology has become more deliberative in that I have started question some of the things I believed as a child. I have become keen on matters that affect my walk with God and I search the scriptures to find out for myself the truth. In my current edge of my theological development, I have been trying to understand the purpose of Christ’s death on the cross and the meaning of his sacrifice to my life. Some of the questions I have been asking are: What is salvation? Can I lose my salvation once I become born again? 

Question 1 

Migliore characterizes revelation as God's self-divulgence in Christ described in Scripture. He demonstrates disclosure as practically equivalent to relational correspondence, whereby another may get known to us through the diligent examples found in their action, through their guarantees, and the story wherein their character is described (Estes, 2019). Looking to conquer the abyss between chapel practice and religious reflection, James Evans pinpoints theology soundly in the nexus of confidence with opportunity. There, with a definite touch, he elevates impactful parts of the strict dark experience that vivify traditional regions of religious philosophy. The recommendations of Migliore and James are complementary in that they look to change the current conviction frameworks of contemporary theology. 

Question 2 

In the Bible, revelation refers to the divulgence to humankind about the God who cannot be found independently. The expression "revelation" is utilized at any rate of four unique faculties in the New Testament. It can talk about the revelation of truth, as a rule, a particular territory of fact, the Second Coming of Christ, and the Book of Revelation. The Bible is not the revelation; instead, it focuses on disclosure. Human ideas cannot be reflected upon as being indistinguishable from the revelation of God. Scripture, on the other hand, is written in the language of humans, communicating humanistic ideas. It cannot be viewed as interchangeable with God's revelation. It is through human concepts and language that God reveals himself, and in this manner, Christ is displayed in sacred text and the proclaiming of the congregation. This information influences my utilization of the Bible in philosophical development in that I figure out how to read the Bible considering Christ's redemptive penance and with relevant comprehension of the messages being transferred. 

Question 1 

Classical belief in a higher power is set apart by a substantial responsibility to the conventions of heavenly God, changelessness, impassibility, effortlessness, time everlasting, and the significant solidarity of the celestial people. The fundamental and sacred conviction is that God doesn't determine any part of His being from outside Himself and isn't in any capacity caused to be. Regarding qualities, contemporary belief in higher powers includes a perspective that is reflected in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim conventions. It is the regular legacy of the most efficient traditional types of Western otherworldly customs, and it might be found by numerous types of Hinduism, Taoism, and certain quarters of Buddhism. Notwithstanding, traditional belief in a higher power is frail in that it takes the alternative that God is substantially more like a thought of a stone than a stone since classical theists deny that God is a discrete being on the planet. For classical theists, God is completely basic, unimportant, and unbreakable. That makes God substantially more like a thought of a stone than a stone. 

Question 2 

Genuine regulation must originate from God, not from insignificant men. God wants to take care of his kin to His Word, and an individual becomes profoundly malnourished when the person in question does not brush in the fields of His Word. One gets imbalanced, weak, confounded, inclined to uncertainty land, losing the faith. A few Christians do not perceive the cravings for food they are enduring because they are not concentrating the Bible. Doctrine alone does not deliver profound spiritual development; however, there is no maturity without it (Sauter & Barton, 2017). The principal trademark is that God is the soul. Since God is soul, this additionally implies he is "invisible." However, although God is undetectable, there are times in the Scripture when God decided to take the physical structure to reveal himself to a man in reasonable manners. My comprehension of the convention of God encourages me to comprehend that God is both boundless and individual. He is endless in that he isn't dependent upon any of the confinements of humanity, or of creation by and large. God is far more noteworthy than all that he has made, far more prominent than everything else that exists. In any case, he is additionally close to home: he connects with us as an individual, and individuals can identify with him as people. 

References 

Estes, D. J. (2019). Psalm 19, Revelation, and the Integration of Faith, Learning, and Life. The Christian Mind of CS Lewis: Essays in Honor of Michael Travers, 72. 

Sauter, G., & Barton, J. (2017). Reading the Bible Theologically. In Revelation and Story (pp. 71-88). Routledge. 

Wyman Jr, J. A. (2017). Constructing constructive theology: An introductory sketch. Fortress Press.