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Study Guide for Theology Section

Content provided by Dr. Gilbert Stafford

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1. What is the Biblical foundation for your position?
2. How do the historical doctrinal traditions of the church through the centuries inform your understandings?
3. What is the logical framework for your thinking? Is your thinking coherent with other dimensions of Christian thought?
4. How does the experience of the Christian community inform your thinking?
5. To what degree is your thinking informed by and compatible with the tradition of the community of Christian faith in which you minister?

An example of an actual question:

Set forth your theological understanding of the person and work of the Holy Spirit:

a. What is the Biblical foundation for your position?
b. How do the historical doctrinal traditions of the church through the centuries inform your understanding?
c. What is the logical framework for your thinking? Give evidence that your thinking is coherent with other dimensions of Christian thought.
d. How does the experience of the Christian community inform your thinking?
e. To what degree is your thinking informed by and compatible with the tradition of the community of Christian faith in which you minister?
f. Summarize your own emerging methodology for theological reflection.

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