Why Theology Can Hurt Ike Miller
IN MY CAR, there is a nifty little gauge shaped like a bull ' s-eye called a G-meter. It ' s a fancy way of showing, based on the movement of the vehicle, in which direction gravitational force is being applied to my body. For example, when I accelerate, naturally I feel gravitational force pulling my body toward the rear of the vehicle. There is a little dot that moves on the bull ' s- eye in the direction I probably feel pulled. However, when I drive at a consistent speed, the little dot sits at the center of the bull ' s-eye. This suggests I ' m not feeling an unbalanced gravitational pull in any one direction.
A similar meter could depict our leanings or“ pullings” in theology. Good theology sits at the center of a bull ' s-eye with different objectives in each direction. Though there may be higher priorities( biblically grounded) and lower priorities( socially aware), these all
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