It is an abdication of scholarship when Christians do academic work with little reference to God. If all the universe and everything in it exist by the design of an infinite, personal God, to make his manifold glory known and loved, then to treat any subject without reference to God's glory is not scholarship but instruction. All branches of learning’ exist ultimately for the purposes of knowing God, loving God, and loving man through Jesus Christ. – John Piper, in Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: Making God’s Glory Known
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Scholar’s Compass: Fostering Thoughtful Integration of Faith and Subject within Christian Academic Communities
“How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity! . . . For there the LORD bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.” Psalm 133:1, 3b (NIV) “For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” Matthew 18:20 (NIV) “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews 10: 24-25 (NIV) … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: Fostering Thoughtful Integration of Faith and Subject within Christian Academic Communities
Bible-Believing Biblical Scholar Part 3: Integrating Christian Faith and Biblical Scholarship (Scholar’s Compass)
"Make every effort to present yourself approved (by testing) to God, a worker unashamed, teaching rightly the word of truth" (2 Tim 2:15; my translation) … [Read more...] about Bible-Believing Biblical Scholar Part 3: Integrating Christian Faith and Biblical Scholarship (Scholar’s Compass)
Bible-Believing Biblical Scholar, Part 2: Integrating Christian Faith and Biblical Scholarship (Scholar’s Compass)
"Let not many of you become teachers, my brothers and sisters, knowing that we will experience greater condemnation. For we all stumble in many ways." (James 3:1-2a my translation). Reflection In James 3:1-2a, James gives a warning to those who are or would be teachers. One should be careful because teachers will be held to a stricter standard. As I teach biblical studies, I take this passage very seriously. James has in mind teachers within a church setting. The role of teacher, mentioned in Acts 13:1 alongside that … [Read more...] about Bible-Believing Biblical Scholar, Part 2: Integrating Christian Faith and Biblical Scholarship (Scholar’s Compass)
Bible-Believing Biblical Scholar: Integrating Christian Faith and Biblical Scholarship (Scholar’s Compass)
For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel. Ezra 7:10 ESV Reflection The book of Ezra recounts the return from exile in Babylon of Jews to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. Ezra, a trained scribe, went from Babylon to Jerusalem. He had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD and to do it. Not only that, but he also wanted to teach the Law to other Jews. The "Law" referred to the first five books of the Bible, Genesis–Deuteronomy, in which … [Read more...] about Bible-Believing Biblical Scholar: Integrating Christian Faith and Biblical Scholarship (Scholar’s Compass)