No I am not moving my blog again, or redesigning this one…
I am starting an additional blog: a/theism – www.jameskrill.com/church
Come check it out. It will be all about religion and theology – but not like you might think (or hope). There is a lot swirling around in my head… so this is my way to let it all out. I’m not going for biblical, or sound doctrine – it may be heretical, or “incorrect” – but it’s what has been on my mind concerning God. I hope you’ll join me in the conversation.
What is a/theism?
A/Theism is a term taken from Peter Rollins book, How (Not) To Speak Of God. It refers to a Christian’s need to both embrace our views of God (theism) and rid ourselves of them (atheism) so that we can be in a place where God transforms us, and we are not trying to control God. Theism infers that we can know something about God – but in our knowing, there is unknowing. If our knowing God means that we have set boundaries and borders around who He is – then we do not know God. God is always revealing himself, and yet remains hidden. It is important for us to recognize that God is God, and we are not. But it is also important for us to recognize that we have created God, through our theologies and doctrines and so forth, and we need to rid ourselves of such things in order to embrace God as he would reveal himself to us: mysterious, intimate, ever changing yet always the same.
