Series Introduction | She's a Theologian: Learning to Know God as Christian Women

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    We may not all have seminary degrees or write thick books on doctrine. But if we are Christians, we are theologians. Being a theologian is not only for scholars, but also for every believer who opens her Bible and desires to know the God who speaks through it.

    This series is not and will not be written by someone who knows everything. I am in my mid-20s, as some of you may know, and still very much a learner. Perhaps that is the best place to begin, that we are aware of how much we do not know, yet we are drawn by grace to keep studying. If theology is the knowledge of God, then no woman who has met Christ can say it is outside her concern because He has invited us to seek Him and promised that when we do, we will find Him (Jer 29:13).

    Too often, we think theology belongs to others. Men, pastors, professors, or older women with years of experience. Yet Scripture urges all of us to grow in the knowledge of the truth (1 Tim 2:4), to handle the Word carefully (2 Tim 2:15) in order to guard what has been entrusted to us (2 Tim 1:14). These are invitations for all.

    Neither should any reader consider this blog series speaking in authority. The Bible is our only authority. What we seek here is to reflect faithfully on what Scripture teaches. We will also draw from wise and trusted voices such as Reformed confessions, historic catechisms, and teachers who have helped make difficult truths clearer. My hope is that we learn together. Not for the sake of knowing more, but so that we may love God more and worship Him in spirit and truth (Jn 4:24).

    I was not raised in sound doctrine. As a teenager, I attended churches whose teachings were sincere but not always faithful to Scripture. It took years, especially in my early twenties, before I began to see how certain errors had shaped the way I understood God, salvation, and even what it means to live as a Christian woman. Looking back, I can only thank God for His mercy. He did not leave me in confusion. Perhaps this is one reason I now long to help others begin where I could not, and that is to build their faith on truth from the start. 

    If there is anything worthwhile in what you find here, may it point to the One who opened my eyes. May He be glorified in our learning.