Jeremy L. Berg

My good friends Dan Kent and Neil Berget, the theological mastermind and technological guru behind the creation of the Web of Theology, have graciously invited me in on the advancement and, most importantly, the marketing of this great tool. I am hoping to use my network of pastors, professors and blogging associates to spread the word more widely and begin to see folks trying out and using the WOT.

It has been fun to watch this project develop over the years.  A little personal history. My wife Keri had Dan as her professor at Bethel for her Intro to Theology class her freshman year back in ’03. In the spring of that year Keri and I started dating.  Lo, and behold, one of the first “dates” we had began with me, her nerdy seminary guy-friend, helping her complete her paper-version of Dan’s WOT.  No kidding!

And, like any theology geek looking for a future bride, I wasn’t merely trying to score a couple points by helping her with her homework.  I was very interested in the results and curious to see how Keri’s theological views lined up with my own!  Keri had her list of qualities she demanded in a guy — he couldn’t throw a baseball like a girl, he had to love Jesus and look good in a cowboy hat.  Don’t ask.  My list was shorter: she had to love God and not be a Calvinist.  Ok, I’m joking…sort of. (Sorry, Calvinist ladies. You never had a chance — unless God would’ve predetermined it. :P)

All kidding aside, it was a fun and encouraging to get a window (on the first date) into my wife’s core views of God, her understanding of God’s relationship with human beings and our similarities and differences.  You might say, quite literally, we are “a match made in Heaven.” Well, years later Dan has been laboring to make the WOT available to all of us for only $5.

So, since this already sounds a lot like an eHarmony commercial and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, let me encourage you all pull aside your sweetheart Feb. 14, dim the lights and pour a glass, and then go to the Web of Theology to see how theologically compatible you really are.  =)

Today, Scot McKnight posted a review of the WOT at Jesus Creed blog read by a vast readership of pastors, teachers and Christian laity.  Hopefully this helps get the word out even more.

Have you taken it yet?  TRY IT