The word theology brings the Greek term logos—translated “word,” “speech,” or “reason”—together with the term theos, the word for “God.” In the Gospel of John, logos is identified with Jesus, who was “in the beginning … with God” and then “became flesh” (John 1:1, 14). Paul encourages Christians to “let the word [logos] of Christ dwell in you” when teaching one another (Col. 3:16). He uses the same root word when he talks about worship of God being “rational” (logike), an idea he