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Excellence

Diligence in the Life of the Christian Scholar (Scholar’s Compass)

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Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge . . .  - 2 Peter 1:5, NASB, emphasis mine … [Read more...] about Diligence in the Life of the Christian Scholar (Scholar’s Compass)

In Pursuit of Gospel-Driven Productivity

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A Review of Matt Perman's What's Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done (Zondervan: 2014) By David H. Leonard, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Apologetics, Luther Rice University, Atlanta, GA It might be tempting to think that productivity is a topic more suitable for business leaders and entrepreneurs, for whom it's essential to “get things done” as efficiently as possible.   As Matt Perman argues in What's Best Next, however, productivity is mainly about loving others by … [Read more...] about In Pursuit of Gospel-Driven Productivity

Success, Failure and the Protestant Work Ethic

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Not long ago I wrote an  Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) blog post  about my experiences on the tenure track, sharing my concerns about whether I would get tenure and contemplating my priorities. I wanted to think through whether tenure even should be my primary goal, and what I would give up to achieve it. It was encouraging to me to see that I'm not alone, and that others feel some of the same pressures I do. Thank you to those who commented. Looking back, though, I realized that I made some generalizations that I … [Read more...] about Success, Failure and the Protestant Work Ethic

Evangelical Scholarship and the Pursuit of Excellence

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A Review of Andreas Köstenberger's Excellence When posted, guest contributor and ESN member David Leonard  had recently completed a Ph.D. in philosophy and was teaching a wide range of courses at several universities in the Twin Cities.   His project at the time involved developing a taxonomy of the intellectual virtues  to be used in college-level philosophy courses. David's scholarship on virtue gave him particular insight to review the book under consideration,  Excellence: The Character of God and the … [Read more...] about Evangelical Scholarship and the Pursuit of Excellence