Wednesday in the Word

what the Bible means and how we know

  • Home
  • Bible Studies
    • New Testament Bible Studies
    • Old Testament Bible Studies
    • Topical Bible Studies
    • What is the Gospel?
  • Study Help
    • Bible Study 101: Learn to Study the Bible
    • Study Resources by Book of the Bible
    • Bible Maps, Charts & Tools
    • Background & History
    • Introduction to…
    • What is/Who is?
    • Bible Study 201: Learn to teach the Bible
  • Topics
    • Theology
    • Faith & Life
    • Family
    • Women’s Ministry Resources
    • Most Popular
    • Podcast Browser
  • What is WitW?
    • Meet Krisan
    • What We Believe
    • Looking Back
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Collections / Thinking about: Theology

Thinking about: Theology

December 8, 2020 By Krisan Marotta

Thinking about: Theology | WednesdayintheWord.com

Thoughts on theology, heresy, doctrine and life.


Why bother with Jesus when I’ve got it made?

November 18, 2020

Professor Ken Elzinga answers the question: If your life is going great, why should you bother with Jesus?

Continue Reading Why bother with Jesus when I’ve got it made?

5 passages on women in authority in the church

January 16, 2020

These 5 passages are the most commonly discussed in debating the question of whether women should teach or have authority in the church.

Continue Reading 5 passages on women in authority in the church

What church positions are open to women?

January 9, 2020

This table shows the spectrum of church leadership roles available to women under the egalitarian and hard/soft complementarian views. Individual churches may vary in their practice.

Continue Reading What church positions are open to women?

What is a soft complementarian?

January 5, 2020

The views regarding women in authority in the church can be generalized into 3 basic positions: hard complementarian (most restrictive), soft complementarian (less restrictive), and egalitarian (least restrictive). This is a summary of the soft complementarian position.

Continue Reading What is a soft complementarian?

What is a hard complementarian?

January 4, 2020

The views regarding women in authority in the church can be generalized into 3 basic positions: hard complementarian (most restrictive), soft complementarian (less restrictive), and egalitarian (least restrictive). This is a summary of the hard complementarian position.

Continue Reading What is a hard complementarian?

What is an egalitarian?

January 3, 2020

The views regarding women in authority in the church can be generalized into 3 basic positions: hard complementarian (most restrictive), soft complementarian (less restrictive), and egalitarian (least restrictive). This is a summary of the egalitarian position.

Continue Reading What is an egalitarian?

The Lord’s Prayer: we say it but what does it mean?

November 15, 2015

The more I study the Lord’s Prayer, the more I conclude the prayer asks for one and only one thing: that God would make us completely righteous once and for all.

Continue Reading The Lord’s Prayer: we say it but what does it mean?

Spiritual Formation: a critical look

June 3, 2015

The theology of Spiritual Formation sounds great on paper, but it is focused on the wrong target, seeks the wrong kind of change and misses the mark on how disciplines work.

Continue Reading Spiritual Formation: a critical look

Prayer and Spiritual Formation: How does it work?

May 27, 2015

The biblical picture of prayer is not that it is a spiritual discipline that I use to reach a higher spiritual level. Rather prayer is an unavoidable mandatory battlefield in the war of faith.

Continue Reading Prayer and Spiritual Formation: How does it work?

Does Spiritual Formation seek the right kind of change?

February 22, 2015

Not only does the theology of spiritual formation aim at the wrong target, spiritual formation seeks the wrong kind of change. While spiritual disciplines focus on success at outward righteous behavior, the Bible teaches that the goal of spiritual maturity is a strong unshakeable faith.

Continue Reading Does Spiritual Formation seek the right kind of change?

Is Spiritual Formation shooting at the right target?

February 17, 2015

Continue Reading Is Spiritual Formation shooting at the right target?

What is worship?

January 5, 2015

If you think that worship equals singing, A Taste of Heaven: Worship in the Light of Eternity by RC Sproul is a must-read book for you.

Continue Reading What is worship?

Does Spiritual Formation work? Answers from Haggai

October 22, 2014

Continue Reading Does Spiritual Formation work? Answers from Haggai

Drawing the Doctrinal Line

February 25, 2014

Which of our many doctrinal differences should Christians worry about? After all, one person’s heresy is another person’s minor difference of opinion.

Continue Reading Drawing the Doctrinal Line

Why I reject Emergent Theology

January 10, 2014

Emergent Theology claims theological certainty is an idol, but Paul claims the authority to speak on behalf of God.

Continue Reading Why I reject Emergent Theology

5 Questions to Identify a Cult

October 16, 2013

How do you recognize a group which claims to represent genuine, apostolic Christianity but in reality does not? Here are 5 questions that separate “the sheep” from “the wolves.”

Continue Reading 5 Questions to Identify a Cult

7 Marks of False Teachers

October 9, 2013

I blog frequently on tips and tools for improving your Bible study skills, but what about discernment when listening to others?

Continue Reading 7 Marks of False Teachers

Why calling does not begin with marriage

September 11, 2013

Does God have a “one-plan-fits-all” calling for women: marry, conceive children, raise children and become a grandmother?

Continue Reading Why calling does not begin with marriage

What does it mean to “abide in Christ”?

August 14, 2013

Understanding what it means to “abide in Christ” is one of the major themes of 1 John.

Continue Reading What does it mean to “abide in Christ”?

Who are you listening to?

May 9, 2013

Today we often seek preachers who tell us stories, make us laugh, and tickle our ears with poetry and platitudes. We would rather listen to Jon Stewart than Jonathan Edwards. We ought to think critically about how far we have slipped down the slope of valuing style over substance.

Continue Reading Who are you listening to?

Fallen Bicycle

Lance Armstrong and fallen heroes

February 6, 2013

Fallen heroes teach us that we need more than an earthly hero. Throughout biblical history, God gave us fallen heroes and failed solutions to prepare us for the only solution that works.

Continue Reading Lance Armstrong and fallen heroes

Solomon’s wisdom and last resorts

January 29, 2013

Solomon had real wisdom to offer a broken world. Yet, he failed to learn the most important lesson: Solomon valued the gift of wisdom more than the Giver of the gift.

Continue Reading Solomon’s wisdom and last resorts

Ancient Door

The Vow of Jephthah

December 19, 2012

The story is tragic in part because he expected an animal, but also because his vow reveals his lack of faith in God.

Continue Reading The Vow of Jephthah

Once a believer, always a believer?

August 17, 2012

Can I resist the working of God’s grace in my life to the point where I am no longer saved?

Continue Reading Once a believer, always a believer?

Do I choose God or does God choose me?

August 14, 2012

You may never have thought this question through. You may be inconsistent in how you live it out. But how you answer some basic theological questions makes a world of difference in daily life.

Continue Reading Do I choose God or does God choose me?

Does God answer prayer?

Prayer and rain: Does God answer prayer?

June 7, 2012

Why should I have confidence that God answers my prayers? According to James, I have confidence that my prayers will be answered because of who is answering my prayer, not because my prayer is perfect, powerful or articulate.

Continue Reading Prayer and rain: Does God answer prayer?

Questioning desire

Questioning desire

March 16, 2012

Desires play a key role in the life of faith. The question is how we handle our desires and whether we are willing to listen to what God says about them.

Continue Reading Questioning desire

Shell Game

Finding the Will of God

January 20, 2012

If we accept the fact that God is our Father, our Provider and our Redeemer, does it make sense that He would hide His will from us? Yet many Christians talk about the “will of God” as if finding it is a version of the con man’s three-shell game.

Continue Reading Finding the Will of God

Two men debating

Galatians, James and “social justice”

January 14, 2012

In his critique of Tim Keller’s Generous Justice, Giere refers to Galatians and points to a major theme of James. Do James and Paul offer a litmus test of saving faith?

Continue Reading Galatians, James and “social justice”


Study a particular book

Bible Study 101: Learn how to study the Bible

Bible Study 201: Learn to teach the Bible

Study Resources: Maps, charts, reference works, websites & tools

Photo by John Gibbons on Unsplash

(Visited 27 times, 6 visits today)

Related posts:

  1. Thinking about Christmas
  2. Thinking about Family
  3. What is Theology?
  4. Why I reject Emergent Theology
  5. Reformed Theology

Filed Under: Collections Tagged With: Theology

Find me on:


  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Instagram

  • Google Play

  • iTunes Podcasts

  • Pinterest

  • Spotify

  • Amazon

  • Stitcher

  • TuneIn

  • iHeart

  • Email

  • RSS Feed

Wednesday in the Word is the podcast about what the Bible means and how we know.

Contact us

Categories

© 2011 by Krisan Marotta. Site by Author Media.