Knowledge of God is insufficient. Good action without knowledge of what the proper end of the good actually entails is insufficient. Beauty that does not reveal truth and equip us for the good is pointless.
Faith has to fit in the middle of these three somehow. Faith seeking understanding, being worked out in life, inspiring us to face the coming day because of the beauty available within it.
It seems difficult to understand with all the books you have to read in a doctoral program. There is no time to pause, no time to act, no time to reflect. And it's even worse when you work a job where people just call you up and yell at you all day.
But theology must somehow enter into such a life, or it is pointless. It either transforms life, this life, or it is empty knowledge, futile action, useless beauty.
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