become people who are static, inflexible and unsurprising. In contrast, the Lord ‘does whatever pleases him’ (115:3). And those who worship the Lord become free and spontaneous. God can never be contained by the human mind. If he could then God would be too puny a God to be worshipped. The point of theology is to understand God (to stand under God in reverent awe), not to over-stand God by attempting to control him through theological discourse. Much that passes for theological education is the extension
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