is what dictates the future. For Christian theology, this is an invaluable reminder. For pastors, ignoring the past is both foolish and dangerous. During my first stop in vocational ministry, I met a young man who had only recently been called to his first pastorate. Over the next two years, I watched as this young, uneducated preacher moved from a shallow orthodoxy into the deep waters of heresy. As he preached week-in and week-out, he began to “see” things in the text of Scripture that led him