Comments on: A Warning from Owen to Students

By: Noah

Noah — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:47:47 +0000

Humbling. Truly humbling. He was a man. There are few like him.

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Studying theology: for what and for whom? « The Wanderer — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:43:07 +0000

[...] leave a comment » Some good advice from John Owen channelled through Mark Jones. [...]

By: alan

alan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:49:10 +0000

that’s sophomoric!, to correct myself.

By: alan

alan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:39:33 +0000

Well made point. There is a good bit out there on reformed websites which is somewhat sophmoric in its attitude, and often self-serving. What it all has in common is what it generally lacks: humility. Van Til’s point that the devil is quite the theologian is well put and ought to be well taken by all of us.

By: Ian Hall

Ian Hall — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:03:36 +0000

I’m hugely enjoying and profiting from this site.

This post is just so right on each point that it is hard to believe how pertinently the puritans address the issues which bedevil the modern student.

By: Wes Bredenhof

Wes Bredenhof — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:02:37 +0000

Well said, Mark. Thanks very much for that.

By: The Aspiring Theologian

The Aspiring Theologian — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:19:49 +0000

This is a timely post. I was just reading something along the same vein by Van Til. He noted that Satan is quite the theologian, but he does not exhibit the love for God that is supposed to accompany theological understanding. I wrote about it here on my blog, but the main point behind all this is that we are to live our theology, not merely keep it in our minds so that we can flex our intellectual muscles. Musing on a theological two-pipe problem does not make us holy men, and we should not feel smug and good about ourselves if we are ignoring the oppressed and the fatherless and are treating our brothers and sisters in Christ with disdain.