{"id":5079,"date":"2011-04-08T08:13:34","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T15:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=5079"},"modified":"2011-04-08T08:13:34","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T15:13:34","slug":"frameworks-and-the-study-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/frameworks-and-the-study-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Frameworks, and the study of God"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever wanted to have the basics of Christianity right in front of you? Try this<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Theology is simply “the study of God” or discourse involving the Supreme Being. Theology can be very academic, but the truth is everyone undertakes theology, even the atheist. In the case of the atheist, God is still considered, because in the simplest of ways he is described in the effort to not believe in him.
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\nWe all have a framework of theology that supports the life we live out. Sometimes overlooking the creation and development will lead to hefty inconsistencies when the theological framework is “fleshed out”. False ideas about who God is and what he is doing make this so.<\/p>\n

As we consider God, and undertake knowing him, and knowing about him, we may do well to think of this effort as the creation of an armature. A sculptor fashions a wire armature, before the clay or other material is added on. The framework holds fast and supports the malleable materials needed to literally flash out the rest.<\/p>\n

When we allow God to be the sculptor, we can get a bit more out of the way, so he can fashion us in his image. Notice the process of this artist below and the 3 steps depicted to create something true to life.<\/p>\n

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1st step: Build wire frame (armature)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Step 2: add materials to frame.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Finished piece<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What has helped you in setting foundation of your theological framework?
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Ever wanted to have the basics of Christianity right in front of you? Try this: Theology is simply “the study of God” or discourse involving the Supreme Being. Theology can be very academic, but the truth is everyone undertakes theology, even the atheist. In the case of the atheist, God is still considered, because in … Continue reading Frameworks, and the study of God<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5626],"tags":[257,13,4616,991,1472,1524,4618,2047,4617,4547,2996,4615,3195,85,87,91],"class_list":["post-5079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spark-my-muse","tag-artist","tag-christianity","tag-clay","tag-discipleship","tag-god","tag-grace","tag-jas-of-clay","tag-lisa-colon-delay","tag-potter","tag-route-66","tag-scripture","tag-sculptor","tag-spiritual-formation","tag-theology","tag-walking-with-god","tag-worship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5079"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5129,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5079\/revisions\/5129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}