"Throughout almost all of its history the church has been composed of two categories of people - those who 'do' ministry and those to whom it is 'done'. Lay people are the object not the subject of ministry. They receive it, pay for it, promote it and perhaps even aspire to it....
Most efforts at recovering the NT vision of every member ministry are half-measures. They focus on the Christian in the church - lay preacher.. and lay worship leaders. What is needed is a comprehensive biblical foundation for the Christian's life in the world as well as the church, a theology for homemakers, nurses and doctors, plumbers, stockbrokers, politicians and farmers. Recovering this... would be like discovering a new continent..."
Paul Stevens, "The Other Six Days" (Find out More!)
What Is Theology?
Stanley Grenz
"intellectual reflection on the faith commitments we have as Christians as informed by Scripture, carried out in a specific historical-cultural context for the purpose of living for the glory of God"
JI Packer
"theology is for achieving God's glory (honor and praise) and humankind's good (godliness that is true humanness) through every life activity"
John Stott
"serious quest for true knowledge of God, undertaken in response to his self-revelation, illumined by Christian tradition, manifesting a rational inner coherence, issuing in ethical conduct, resonating with contemporary world and concerned for the greater glory of God"
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