THEOLOGY
PRONOUNCE IT HOWEVER YOU LIKE
To begin the study of theology, i am reading a book called, Concise Theology, by J. I. Packer. The author is a christian writer, so he is writing from a Christain standpoint. He is also writing about Christain theology. He is very famous for anothe book he wrote,called, Knowing God.
The book i am reading was meant for adults, but he wrote it so it is very easy for me to read. That is the way i want to be able to write in English. So that i can adress all audiences, no matter what age. The purpose of his book is partly to inform us about Christian theology. In the first chapter he focuses on how God informs us about himself and reveals the way to heaven. That, i geuss, is like Expository writing, that i am working on in English. In history, i am reading about some of the prophets that wrote some of the Bible. The reason that the kings did'nt like them much,( and so chased them down and tried to kill them,) was that they prophesied against the bad kings, and warned them against whatever God had told them to warn against. Especially about going to war against othe nations. (Which the kings did any way, and then lost great battles. You can read more about it in 1st and 2nd Kings in the Bible.) The prophets also prophesied about the coming of Jesus, who would be the one and only way of salvation and to Heaven. The passage of scripture that i am currently memorizing, ( 1st Peter 1: 3-16,) says, " Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in the things that have now been announced to you by the Holy Spirit, sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look."
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