When Theology Outpaces Intimacy

The Zoé Life

For everyone · Chapter 1

Two Ways of Knowing

Each row sets the book's two kinds of knowing side by side. Mark one of the five circles to show honestly where you are between them today. There are no wrong answers.

Information and relationship are not the same thing.

Chapter 1

Self-check

Where am I on each row?

Knowing About God

Knowing God

  • Knows theologyWalks with God
  • Knows systematic doctrineRecognizes God’s leading
  • Knows Greek and HebrewCultivates intimacy
  • Knows church historyResponds to conviction
  • Understands biblical conceptsExperiences ongoing communion
  • Can explain doctrineWalks in relationship
  • Accumulates informationDevelops transformation

Reflect

Moving toward Him

The row where I most want to grow

What knowing God, not just knowing about Him, would look like there

One way I will walk with Him this week

From When Theology Outpaces Intimacy by Kraig Kleeman, a one-page self-check on knowing God.