Would it help us if...

we posted our labeled theological beliefs in 3 or 4 major areas where we mostly disagree?

For instance, we could all posts a "resume" in our siggie to help from confusion. I often forget what someone's position is. It could look like this:

Hermeneutic: messianic/christocentric & missional based on Luke 24:44-48
Bibliology: ISV or ESV preferred, full-inerrantist, ipsissima vox, Sturzian style textual critic position
Soteriology: 5 point Calvinist, supralapsarian
Ecclesiology: reformed SBC, plurality of elders, elder led
Eschatology: new covenant Amillennial partial-preterist

Thoughts or suggestions? Are there other categories we could add or remove? I feel like I should mention something else (like hamartiology and imputed original sin proponent or christology and a full impecability proponent; needs better names though).

PS--I know some people are opposed to labels and I recognize that no label can completely describe our views. But this can help to give each other a general idea of your background and theological conviction.

 

Come on guys... those are not that difficult. My textual position is not one easily defined so I came up w/ a term after a man who practices and wrote a book on a similar process. Ipsissima vox is a cool concept but really doesn't have to be listed, I just find it to be an interesting subject as I study the synoptics. Other than that, I can't see words that most on here don't know b/c we are debating them most of the time.

The only way this would work if we get enough people to do it and start a trend. If enough of us agree, then we can start. But do we need to add or take any away? I'd like to hear a moderator's input as well. We could follow their example

 

"Missional" is actually becoming a popular term (more popular in the UK). I just finished a book by Christopher Wright called Mission of God which I highly recommend. It is a good presentation of a biblical theology of missions but even more a missional reading of the Bible. God who is on mission to redeem the world and bless the nations is a constant theme in which we should recognize in the text and the grand drama of Scripture.

Ipsissima Vox was translated correctly and has to do w/ the exact voice of Jesus versus ipsissima verba or the exact words of Jesus. This is my view over one of the synoptic issues.

I thought about adding to bibliology "Fourfold Gospel Hypothesis" but I went over the 500 character limit and didn't want to take DAB's quote down just yet.