This blog is now much better organized:

• I used to label a blog post with one or more of some 200 categories (e.g., “D. A. Carson,” “Calvinism,” “preaching”).
• But now I label a post with just one of six categories:

1. Exegesis. What did authors intend their texts to mean? This includes hermeneutics. (Hermeneutics concerns principles of interpretation, and exegesis applies those principles.)
2. Biblical Theology. How has God revealed his word historically and organically?
3. Historical Theology. What have people thought about exegesis and theology?
4. Systematic Theology. What does the whole Bible teach about certain topics? What is true about God and his universe?
5. Practical Theology. How should humans respond to God’s revelation? This includes, for example, culture, ethics, evangelism, marriage and family, money, pastoral theology, politics, and worship.
6. Other. This covers what doesn’t fit in the above categories.

My blog is called “Thoughts on Theology,” so those seem like the right categories. [Read more…] about Exegesis, Biblical Theology, Historical Theology, Systematic Theology, and Practical Theology: What the Categories on My Blog Mean

I haven’t laid out guidelines for leaving comments on this blog. Perhaps I should. But here is one request I’d like to underscore: When you submit a comment, please use your full real name and one of your active email addresses. The real name is for the benefit of everyone (including yourself!), and the active email address is for me (i.e., it is not viewable to others) in case I’d like to contact you privately.

Thanks.

We’re excited to welcome you to our new site. Thanks for stopping by!

1. Explanation

1.1. The primary impetus for this new site is a digital camera, a generous end-of-the-year gift my wife received from the parents of her students. In order to share pictures with family and friends, we looked into various options and concluded that it would be most efficient to combine a family blog and my theology blog under the same website domain. Our first choice was www.naselli.com, but it was already taken. We settled on the current domain name in order to keep it relatively short and memorable (as opposed to something like www.AndyandJenniNaselli.com or www.ThisDomainNameIsWayTooLong.com).

1.2. Enter Scott Aniol. Scott designed the whole site with expertise as he patiently, flexibly, and kindly interacted with us, and he will continue to be our webmaster as new ideas arise. His company is called WebRight Design, and his professional services are under-priced. He designs sites for individuals, corporations, churches, and much more. Check it out.

2. Introduction

2.1. Andy’s theology blog and resources page are designed primarily for friends who share a passion for theology.

• The blog posts that predate this one are imported from Andy’s previous blog, and future posts will likely be similar: sporadic and short.
• The resources are divided into four categories: blogs, MP3s, theological writings, and general research tools.

2.2. The password-protected family blog is designed for family and friends, so please contact us for a user name and password.