The new chapter

I love thinking about God. I love getting into the word of God and sorting out theological issues. So it's been put on my heart to start up a new blog, not about the random things that happen in my life, but about God, about the Bible, about what's happening in my Christian walk and in my church.

It's been an interesting year in regards to being spiritually fed, very different to the last 6 years. This is my first year away from CU. It's right for me to thank God for all that CU gave to me, and then to move on to a new chapter of life, but I kind of miss it. For the last 6 years, I was getting very evangelical, Sydney-Anglican style teaching at CU and more gently charismatic stuff at church. I loved both, and I love being able to worship and serve God in different ways. One thing, though, in both places I sometimes felt slightly outside. A bit too charismatic for CU and a bit too evangelical for my church! But mostly I loved receiving the balance of both traditions. I was able to talk to people in both places about the theology or style of worship I was receiving elsewhere. The tensions between some of the theologies has worked for good as these tensions have given me a passion for getting straight to the Word and seeing what it says about things.

Now, I'm just at my church, which is evangelistic and Biblically-centred, but much more charismatic than the churches many of my friends go to. I've grown a lot in the charismatic tradition this year, developing a biblical understanding of lots of issues. I'm still definitely evangelical as well, and I'm really excited about the young adults Bible study that's started up this year at my church.

The verse for this blog is Psalm 119:105 - 'Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path'. I think about lots of things, sometimes way too much. The only way to find real guidance and any real answer is to look in the Word of God. It has answers to so many things, and, most of all it has the ultimate answer: Jesus. Jesus is the answer for our biggest problem of separation from God. Through his death and resurrection, Jesus paid for my sins so now I have a relationship with the Father! I love to praise him with hands in the air jumping around. I love to worship him in quiet adoration. I love to get right in there and understand complex theology about my God.