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The Pastor as Scholar & The Scholar as Pastor: Reflections on Life and Ministry is unavailable, but you can change that!

Recognizing the need for pastors and scholars to embody both theological depth and practical focus, John Piper and D. A. Carson have boldly used their careers to advance role of pastor as theologian and of theologian as pastor. In The Pastor as Scholar and the Scholar as Pastor, Carson and Piper draw on personal anecdotes and their own reflections in order to help others think holistically and...

state it like this: Right thinking about God exists to serve right feelings for God. Logic exists for the sake of love. Reasoning exists for the sake of rejoicing. Doctrine exists for the sake of delight. Reflection about God exists for the sake of affection for God. The head is meant to serve the heart. So knowing truth is the proper means to admiring truth. Both thinking and feeling are indispensable. But they are not both ultimate. Thinking exists to serve admiring. Thinking is meant to serve
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