Theology must be recognized as something holistic and essential to all people. I have a theory that an individual's concept of God plays a drastic role in virtually all aspects of their life; from big decisions like relationships, career choice, and community, to smaller decisions like hobbies: what they spend their time on, what they eat, and more. This conclusion, however, is drawn by recognizing that this notion could be perceived as extreme, especially by those who see religion as something done in church on Sunday morning and nothing more. However, a person's concept of God drastically affects how they view themselves in the spiritual economy, and therefore their purpose in living each and every day that God allows them to awaken from sleep. Background plays a crucial role in who they are and what they are. they do it. One might say that the past is simply the product of life and freedom, and therefore to understand one's life and freedom one must understand one's past. I personally grew up very familiar with the church. I was devout and raised in the church my parents went to in southern Wisconsin. From the beginning I was accustomed to the lifestyle of church kids. I was a part of AWANA, VBS, Sunday school, youth group, mission trips, worship group, tutoring, and homeless shelter, pretty much anything I could join from church, I would, and I did for a few weeks in summer, I spent more time at church than at home. During a conflict between myself and the youth pastor and my views on what discipleship should be, I happily left the church when it came time to move three hundred miles to attend school in Minnesota. ...... middle of the paper ...... one perspective is fairer than another because of the different perspectives. As was discussed in class, it is arguable that many of the disagreements and conflicts in antiquity can be described as rooted in image-level differences, rather than necessarily in theological disagreements. I dare to take this statement a step further and extend it to ecclesiological conflicts, confessional conflicts, relational conflicts and even political conflicts. With this notion before our minds, we must ask ourselves “Now what?” It is vital that Christians respond to this concept by reflecting on what their concept of God is and how it got to where it is. We should be skeptical about our image of God and subject it to the scrutiny of the Scriptures and verify that the God we cognitively pray to and worship is indeed the God described in the Scriptures.