thinking poignantly reflects God’s own image. And so our thinking can help us participate in God’s reign. At the same time, we know that our thinking can be flawed, errant, unduly biased, prejudiced, sinful. Thinking theologically requires training and education certainly. But most of all, we lean on the Spirit when we think theologically. This is the Spirit God has promised will accompany us whenever we call on God. Paul writes in Romans 8:26: “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we
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