Jeff Williams Theology

I was having lunch last week with a couple pastor friends of mine, Grant Armstrong and Jeff Williams. I sat across the table form them as they shared with me some of their perspectives on ministry. Before I get into anything else, I want to share with you the extreme joy I receive while spending time with these guys. They are passionate about God's people and on fire for Jesus. They bless me everytime I meet with them and I am overjoyed to be involved with them at all. Grant is the kind of guy that you talk to and you immediately feel stupid because he is so smart. He doesn't want you to feel stupid, he is actually an incredibly nice guy who loves Jesus and his family. The way Grant processes things blows my thinking out of the water. And Jeff, well, once you meet him, he's just...Jeff. An experienced pastor with a shepharding heart and deep theological roots. You can now see why I am blessed in my time with them. While Jeff and Grant shared with eachother about a book that I have never heard of I began to think to myself; "Self, you don't read those kinds of books, maybe you should." I won't go into the full extent of our conversation. But in short, Jeff challenged me to read something other than what I had described as "theology only" type of books. Normally I only read non-fiction theological books or commentaries or greek lexicons and of course the Bible. Jeff told me I needed to get a hobby. I told him theology is my hobby.

As I now reflect on what Jeff was advising me to do, I have to wonder if his 8 years of youth ministry experience is any sort of indication that maybe I should listen to him. Well, clearly. Jeff was pushing me to expand my horizons. I look at someone like Jeff Williams and he is able to take time to read fables and fun stories and write interestingly fun blogs, and he is so theologically solid.

So I am really just spilling my heart here. I am at a place now where I want nothing more than to learn from God's word through the study of it and using resources that are directly pointing to it. However, I need to read something new! So Jeff, if you are reading this, I have ventured to read a book called "The Shack". I have heard some decent things about it, but mostly bad from men I trust. So I will read this FICTION book with scrutiny and just realize this is one step toward a Mark with a larger arsenal for ministry.

Jeff's blog site is linked at the bottom of this page...Please visit, he is an interesting writer with insight and he clearly communicates joy!