The Bible is rich with images in its theological method and worship of God. It is filled with imagination and word pictures, overflowing with poetic language and sensate imagery, dominated by narrative or story. In contrast, modern theology's emphasis on systematic and scientific discourse places it in danger of not merely inadequacy, but a serious misunderstanding of God, for the structure and method of theology affects the content of theology. If the Bible communicates God and truth(theology) primarily through story, image, symbol and metaphor, then a theology that neglects those methods is not being strictly biblical in its method. A scientific approach to God will ultimately depersonalize God through analysis and redefine Christianity through philosophical abstraction rather than embodying God's personal presence through lived-out stories.
Brian Godawa, Word Pictures: Knowing God Through Story and Imagination
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