The Echoes & Why Theology? (Essentials Blue Fall 08)

“For: The Institute Of Contemporary And Emerging Worship Studies, St. Stephens University, Essentials Blue Online Theology Course with DAN WILT”

As I think about what I have studied, about the first four parts of ” Simple Christian” by N.T Wright, about the Four echoes of God in the world, wow, It helps me understand how there is importance in each one of them. As I think how relationships is a very close topic to me and I think in how I want people to know about God, to know who He is, to know what He has done and He will do and He is the same for Generations (Psalm 100:5 “For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations”) I realize that there are other important areas like: “For the Beauty of the Earth”, “Human spirituality”,  “Justice – putting the world to rights”, there is so much truth in each one of them. When I think about my roll as a worship leader, I am challenged by God to come out of my safe place of singing songs about my relationship with God, about what I feel,  and sing about the things people also have in their hearts, their passions.  Not just my relationship between God in me, you and Him, not just the relationship  topic, but other things we have in us, like I said before, like the other echoes.

Why Theology? Don Williams says something really cool, ” God is Truth, and because He is truth, we can’t sing false things about a God who is Truth”. As we write songs we need to know what we are writing, that is the reason Theology is important, we need to worship in the TRUTH, we need to be “intentional as we sing about the kingdom of God” as Williams says. It is a responsibility to write and sing the Truth.

To sing the truth is something we should never take for granted, that (“taking things for granted”) is a topic The Lord has been speaking to me for a while now, even for simple things that we see everyday, I need to be grateful for everything, his mercy. In the aspect of Theology, I can not take it for granted, it is a responsibility to sing the Truth of God and his kingdom, what He has done for us as his children, the sacrifice of his Son. This week has made me to reflect a lot about my worship leading, not in a bad way, but in a very good way.

Good Theology or bad Theology??? I am challenged and encouraged to follow Truth. It is not just about what I feel, but influence also comes from what I know about God. I want to be a world changer, and that comes from Truth. God is Truth!.

1. NT Wright, Simply Christian, Part 1, Echoes of a Voice (Introduction- pg.51)

2. iTunes U Others Audio/ Video, Don Williams ( Why Theology?)

3. iTunes U Others Audio/ Video, Brenton Brown ( Theology and The Worship Leader)

4. Wilt, The rise of the Worship Artisan

5. Wilt, Essentials in Worship Theology ( Section 1

6. N.T Wright. Recovering Biblical Worship ( IW Master All, pg. 95)