Will Kemp
Pastor and church planter in North Texas. You have the right to do better Theology. Learn more about the blog here - 'Lost In Translation'
Pastor and church planter in North Texas. You have the right to do better Theology. Learn more about the blog here - 'Lost In Translation'
I believe that we have lost something. Something like a pearl of great price. And it really doesn’t matter how or why it got lost anymore, only that we find it anew.
That something I believe we have lost is some of the bigger theological words and complex theological concepts that have aided thousands of saints before us, but we tragically deem these ideas too scholarly to ever leave the walls of a seminary. I would like to suggest that we do better. I would hope that we can still squeeze some use out of words like sanctification, two kinds of righteousness, and the Trinity. I would like to think that these words would be better suited on our lips than tucked away in some dusty seminary library (which apparently has a very unique smell according to my wife…she could always tell when I spent too much time there).
This blog will attempt to solve the same problem that led Luther to write the Small Catechism and will likely cover many of the same subjects. In the prologue of the Small Catechism Luther laments that he couldn’t find a biblically literate or theologically sound pastor, let alone parishioner. Along with the Apostle Paul, Luther wished his people even knew the basics, even knew how to drink spiritual milk (1 Corinthians 3:1-2). I fear that we, as pastors, are making the same mistakes that countless church leaders have made throughout history: we aren’t allowing everyday people wrestle with the deep mysteries of God in a regular and intelligible manner.
This blog is also intended to be unique. It’s meant to be more than my diatribe of the week, more than a weekly personal pontification into the ether of the internet. The goal is for each entry to be a launch point for two kinds of dialogue. The first will be here 24/7 online. The second will be at monthly Theological Pub nights. Both will hopefully be enriched by something God leads me to write here.
I am always looking for input and feedback on new ideas to study, new questions to probe and new perspectives to mine, so please feel free to suggest a topic for an upcoming entry.
