My God is bigger than my God

Pete Rollins, The Fidelity of Betrayal:

"The attempt to render God present as an idea is reflected in so much of what passes as theology in the Western tradition. The result is a depiction of the theologian as type of alchemist or wizard. For instead of being evoked by the mystery of faith, the theological alchemist seems to expose it, while the theological wizard endeavors to evoke it. In this way so much theology is a means of attempting to render the ineffable as a legitimate object of inquiry rather than a circumspect discourse that limits itself to the effect of the ineffable upon the individual and community. In contrast to this the Christian must understand that the scriptural narrative includes a proclamation that we cannot grasp God within any narrative."

"... we must learn that in order to approach the God of faith and the truth affirmed by Christianity, we must betray the God we grasp--for the God who brings us into a new life is never the God we grasp but always in excess of that God. The God we affirm is then, at its best, inspired by the incoming of God and born there, but it is never to be confused with God."