I remember reading Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs and Job’s teenage daughter specifically asked to talk to Isaacson because she wanted isaacson to know that just because Jobs was a tech innovator did not mean he was a good dad.
And Dorsett’s biography of AW Tozer (a favorite writer of my grandfather) quotes Tozer’s wife about the different between being married to Tozer and her new husband after Tozer passed away. ˜Aiden loved Jesus but (her new husband) loves me.’
I really appreciate this connection between tech and evangelical leaders. There are clear parallels about subsuming everything to their mission including families.
Holy Post podcast today talked about MacArthur’s comments about MLK and Giboney’s CT article in response. Largely I agree with their conclusion that it isn’t that theology is unimportant. But our fruit is more important. If there is not good fruit, good theology doesn’t cover that up.
And I think a lot of pastors and evangelical leaders think that it does.
Tim Keller had a book on prayer that had many positive points. But Keller defines prayer as a “personal, communicative response to the knowledge of God”. The problem is that in this definition and the examples he seems to be suggesting that right theological (academic) knowledge is essential to right prayer.
However, most of the people I have known that are praying saints are not theologically trained.
I keep seeing takes like Keller’s when fruit of the spirit and maturity is minimized to either right theology or pragmatic evaluation of the size of a ministry.
CS Lewis’ line in The Great Divorce about the greatest Christian being an unknown woman I think is right. But that seems to also be ignored.
I remember reading Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs and Job’s teenage daughter specifically asked to talk to Isaacson because she wanted isaacson to know that just because Jobs was a tech innovator did not mean he was a good dad.
And Dorsett’s biography of AW Tozer (a favorite writer of my grandfather) quotes Tozer’s wife about the different between being married to Tozer and her new husband after Tozer passed away. ˜Aiden loved Jesus but (her new husband) loves me.’
I really appreciate this connection between tech and evangelical leaders. There are clear parallels about subsuming everything to their mission including families.
Holy Post podcast today talked about MacArthur’s comments about MLK and Giboney’s CT article in response. Largely I agree with their conclusion that it isn’t that theology is unimportant. But our fruit is more important. If there is not good fruit, good theology doesn’t cover that up.
And I think a lot of pastors and evangelical leaders think that it does.
Tim Keller had a book on prayer that had many positive points. But Keller defines prayer as a “personal, communicative response to the knowledge of God”. The problem is that in this definition and the examples he seems to be suggesting that right theological (academic) knowledge is essential to right prayer.
However, most of the people I have known that are praying saints are not theologically trained.
I keep seeing takes like Keller’s when fruit of the spirit and maturity is minimized to either right theology or pragmatic evaluation of the size of a ministry.
CS Lewis’ line in The Great Divorce about the greatest Christian being an unknown woman I think is right. But that seems to also be ignored.
Excellent thread