#vanhoozer

“Those who would be honest to God must strive to avoid both pride and sloth in their God-talk. Theological pride overestimates the adequacy of human language and thought; theological sloth underestimates the importance of responding to the provocations of God’s self-revelation. The one goes before destruction; the other pre-empts instruction. Yet it is hard to miss the recurring biblical theme that God wills to communicate and make himself known: ‘The word of the Lord came to …’; ‘the Lord said …’. Theology is ultimately irresponsible if it fails either to attend to what God says or to think about the nature of the one who addresses us.”