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The Religious Life of the Theological Student pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF THEOLOGICAL<br > STUDENTS<br > I am asked to speak to you on the religious life of the student<br >of theology. I approach the subject with some trepidation. I<br >think it the most important subject which can engage our<br >thought. You will not suspect me, in saying this, to bc depre-<br >ciating the importance of the intellectual preparation of the<br >student for the ministry. The importance of the intellectual<br >preparation of the student for the ministry is the reason of the<br >existence of our Theological Seminaries. Say what you will, do<br >what you will, the ministry is a "learned profession"; and the<br >man without learning, no matter with what other gifts he may<br >be endowed, is unfit for its duties. But learning, though indis-<br >pensable, is not the most indispensable thing for a minister.<br >"Apt to teach" -- yes, the minister must be "apt to teach";<br >and observe that what I say--or rather what Paul says--is<br >"apt to teach." Not apt merely to exhort, to beseech, to appeal,<br >to entreat; not even merely, to testify, to bear witness; but to<br >teach. And teaching implies knowledge: he who teaches must<br >know. Paul, in other words, requires of you, as we are perhaps<br >learning not very felicitously to phrase it, "instructional," not<br >merely "inspirational," service. But aptness to teach alone does<br >not make a minister; nor is it his primary qualification. It is<br >only one of a long list of requirements which Paul lays down as<br >necessary to meet in him who aspires to this high office. And<br >all the rest concern, not his intellectual, but his spiritual fitness.<br >A minister must be learned, on pain of being utterly incompe-<br >
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The Religious Life of the Theological Student pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024