Eloquence may be another unexpected entry in a book on scholarly virtues. At least, I haven’t seen that much written on the subject in the context of evangelical scholarship. More commonly, the emphasis seems to lie on setting forth the truth and on refuting error. The manner in which such is to be done, at least in my experience, typically receives comparatively less attention. At times, eloquence may even be viewed as a vice, not a virtue, because
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