Everyone is a theologian. I don’t mean “theologian” in a vocational sense, such as seminary professor, pastor, author of theological treatises, or the like. I mean “theologian” in the colloquial sense.

You may not have thoughts about God in the form of highly systemized, codified doctrine, but you do have thoughts about God. Even the atheist who says “there is no God” has thoughts about the person, nature, and character of the God they do not believe in. These are all theological statements:...