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Let the Wise Hear!: Devotions for Thriving in Theological Studies
From Surviving to Thriving in Your Biblical, Theological, & Ministry Studies…
Formal biblical, theological, and ministry training involves years of study resulting in a fair amount of knowledge. In that brief but pivotal season of life, you’ll face trials that stress you and stretch you in ways many will never know.
Reading and writing, listening and learning, studying and communicating—these activities will consume you. You’ll fall asleep over them, wake up to them, dream and worry about them. They’ll interfere with hobbies, play tug-of-war with work, and intrude on your time with family and friends. If you’re not careful, instead of nourishing you with life-giving knowledge, Christian academia can reduce you to a kind of half-alive zombie dragging yourself from one fact-consumption to the next.
The ancient wisdom of the book of Proverbs can inoculate you against the soul-smothering, spirit-stunting, mind-melting dangers that too often accompany anacademic approach to the things of God. “Let the Wise Hear!” is your handbook for living in the tensionbetween instruction and wisdom—between right thinking and right living.
The meditations from these selected proverbs apply specifically to the issues, challenges, and temptations faced by men and women engaged in formal ministry training. Whether you’re knee-deep in a church’s leadership training course, neck-deep in a PhD program, an undergrad student at a Christian university, or a grad student at a seminary—this book is for you. The seventy-five focused reflections in this devotional will provide you with the wisdom, insight, prudence, and perseverance essential for avoiding potholes of burn-out and ditches of disappointment.
Formal biblical, theological, and ministry training involves years of study resulting in a fair amount of knowledge. In that brief but pivotal season of life, you’ll face trials that stress you and stretch you in ways many will never know.
Reading and writing, listening and learning, studying and communicating—these activities will consume you. You’ll fall asleep over them, wake up to them, dream and worry about them. They’ll interfere with hobbies, play tug-of-war with work, and intrude on your time with family and friends. If you’re not careful, instead of nourishing you with life-giving knowledge, Christian academia can reduce you to a kind of half-alive zombie dragging yourself from one fact-consumption to the next.
The ancient wisdom of the book of Proverbs can inoculate you against the soul-smothering, spirit-stunting, mind-melting dangers that too often accompany anacademic approach to the things of God. “Let the Wise Hear!” is your handbook for living in the tensionbetween instruction and wisdom—between right thinking and right living.
The meditations from these selected proverbs apply specifically to the issues, challenges, and temptations faced by men and women engaged in formal ministry training. Whether you’re knee-deep in a church’s leadership training course, neck-deep in a PhD program, an undergrad student at a Christian university, or a grad student at a seminary—this book is for you. The seventy-five focused reflections in this devotional will provide you with the wisdom, insight, prudence, and perseverance essential for avoiding potholes of burn-out and ditches of disappointment.
156 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 7, 2024
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