When Theology is Cold

  Theology is important. Without theology that is firmly grounded in the truths of scripture, a body can go to very dark places. Bad theology is one the most detrimental things to the Christian walk. Theology can be cold though. It is an easy thing to reduce the attributes of God and Biblical concepts to letters and numbers on a page. Admittedly, letters and numbers fall easily into the realm of understanding. Letters and numbers are cold though, and when we depend on them too much we begin to try and squeeze God into the realm of understanding. God is too big to understand.
  Everyday, I read a couple of Psalms when I wake up, and everyday I am struck by how big and powerful and loving God is. He is holy and righteous and just, but God is not cold. He loves His people. He sent His only Son to this earth to die and bear the punishment we justly deserved. While I can understand the fact of God's love for me, I cannot begin to gasp with my little mind the depth and width and height of it.
  Studying theology is important, and I am indebted to godly men who have done their best to explain the hard things of scripture, but studying about the Bible, is not studying the Bible. Studying about God is not the same thing as knowing God. As Christians, we must seek and know God, because just knowing theology is worthless.

Lamentations 3:22-23
  "Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."