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Scholarship & Spirituality

- newmanlib.ibri.org -. Scholarship & Spirituality. Robert C. Newman. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks. Scholarship & Spirituality. - newmanlib.ibri.org -. Let ' s begin by defining each term. Scholarship:

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Scholarship & Spirituality

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  1. - newmanlib.ibri.org - Scholarship & Spirituality Robert C. Newman Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  2. Scholarship & Spirituality - newmanlib.ibri.org - • Let's begin by defining each term. • Scholarship: • A manner of living that seeks to discover and understand the facts in some field of academic study. • Spirituality: • A manner of living which seeks to conform oneself to the standards set by the Holy Spirit in Scripture. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  3. - newmanlib.ibri.org - Some Tensions:Scholarship & Spirituality Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  4. Some Tensions - newmanlib.ibri.org - • Neglect of spirituality • Ignoring or isolating one or the other • Misuse of consensus • The danger of positivism Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  5. Neglect of Spirituality - newmanlib.ibri.org - • We may become dominated by our field of study to the detriment of things needed for spirituality • An academic version of becoming a workaholic. • We cannot devote all of our time to our studies/research. • We cannot do this & be faithful to our Lord. • This may mean we won't advance as far in our field as we might otherwise have done. • Yet some spiritual people have gone to the top of their fields: • Joseph, Moses, Daniel Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  6. Ignoring or Isolating - newmanlib.ibri.org - • We may try to solve complex questions of interaction between our academic field and Scripture by ignoring one or the other, or by isolating one from the other. • Perhaps we misunderstand the Bible here. • Perhaps we wish to get along better with our academic colleagues, or with our fellow believers. • Our responsibility is to be fair, both to the academic field and to the Bible, whether this position is popular or not. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  7. Consensus - newmanlib.ibri.org - • We may tend to identify scholarship with the consensus of scholars in our field… • … or spirituality with the consensus of Christians. • We must instead go back to the data in both cases. • Again, this may mean loss of advancement in one place or the other. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  8. Positivism - newmanlib.ibri.org - • We may tend to identify scholarship with some sort of positivism: • We must believe nothing we cannot observe or test academically. • But some problems may only be soluble by revelation. • Others may have more than one possible solution, but the data is currently insufficient to make scholarship better than a guess. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  9. - newmanlib.ibri.org - Some Reinforcements:Scholarship & Spirituality Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  10. Some Reinforcements - newmanlib.ibri.org - • Spirituality frees one from fear of other humans. • The best scholarship is done when peer pressure can be ignored. • Scholarship is invaluable for understanding what Scripture really says. • We need to know the original languages. • We need to know the culture and writing conventions of the original authors & audience. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  11. Some Reinforcements - newmanlib.ibri.org - • Spirituality gives us an absolute basis for diligence, honesty, truth-seeking, etc. • Without these, scholarship cannot flourish. • Scholarship emphasizes: • freedom to investigate, • importance of believing only what is true. • Both of these are needed to advance in spirituality & to avoid two common problems in the modern church: • Excessive dogmatism, • Refusal to practice doctrinal discipline. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  12. Conclusions - newmanlib.ibri.org - • Christians need both spirituality and scholarship. • Understood as a general method (rather than as an academic profession), scholarship is a subset of Christian morality. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

  13. - newmanlib.ibri.org - The End If we seek to be scholars, may we be spiritual scholars. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks

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