to work from the clearest revelation to the more obscure. I also take it as axiomatic that there are paradoxes about God’s character that we shall never resolve because “we know in part” (1 Cor 13:9). Doing theology should always be an exercise in recognizing that we understand God and we know God only partially. Unlike God, we are not omniscient, and what we do know stretches our capacities to the breaking point. In other words, before doing theology, one should get up each morning and take a humility