Theology

The study of God.

Theologian - one who studies (and often writes or teaches about) God for a living.

You will often hear people talking about bad theology vs. good theology. Basically bad theology is arrived at when someone approaches their study of God with an agenda or a preconceived notion of who or what they want God to be. They pick and choose Scriptures or quotations (often out of context) that support what they believe. Good theology is arrived at when people examine and study the whole Bible and wrestle with who God is, regardless of their own perceptions and biases, trying to understand Him.

To our shame, Christians often get hostile with each other over theological issues. At the same time it is biblical to challenge our fellow Christians in love when they are in error. i.e. Acts 17:11, Galatians 2:11-21. The hardest part is doing it in love.