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December 1985; rev. 8 September 2003; 23 July 2006; 22 June 2009

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In order to discharge our primary responsibility as Christians to bear valid witness to Jesus Christ in and for the world, we must always:

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But to do any of these things presupposes discharging our secondary responsibility to do theology, in the sense of critically reflecting on our witness, as well as on that of Christians generally, by critically interpreting it and then critically validating its claims to be valid Christian witness.

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What am I called to do by the Christian witness?

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September 1987; rev. February 1995

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1. We have a twofold responsibility as Christians: (1) to bear valid witness to Jesus Christ in and for the world; and, as the means necessary to doing this, (2) to do theology, in the sense of critically reflecting on our witness, as well as on that of Christians generally, by both critically interpreting it and critically validating its claims to be valid Christian witness.

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