{"id":266,"date":"2017-07-02T19:49:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T02:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/?p=266"},"modified":"2018-09-05T21:48:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T04:48:55","slug":"my-recommendations-book-of-the-week-july-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbarrick.org\/?p=266","title":{"rendered":"My Recommendations: Book of the Week, July 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"266\" class=\"elementor elementor-266 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b59234d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b59234d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-136418d\" data-id=\"136418d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b92f380 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b92f380\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/031051682X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=031051682X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=drba-20&amp;linkId=ca8278fc31b5e4fe548c3d4d9c2a687c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ASIN=031051682X&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=drba-20\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=drba-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=031051682X\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52ce50a\" data-id=\"52ce50a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bccf0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bccf0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAcademics have dominated the realm of Christian theology (both systematic and biblical) for several centuries. This source for the Church&#8217;s theology has led to a degree of stagnation as well as a lack of true spiritual passion in the queen of sciences&#8211;resulting in theologically anemic churches.&nbsp;Great theologians like&nbsp;Augustine, Irenaeus, Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Owen, and Jonathan Edwards (just to name a few), pastored churches. Their theology focused on the teachings of the Word of God for the people of God for living in the world. Gerald Hiestand and Todd Wilson&#8217;s&nbsp;<em><strong>The Pastor Theologian: Resurrecting an Ancient Vision<\/strong><\/em> chronicles the history and issues a challenge&nbsp;to renew a generation of&nbsp;pastors as theologians&#8211;for the good of the church. Every pastor should read this book and academic institutions should take its thesis into account before hiring their next professor of theology.\n\n<strong>Click on picture for link.<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25885e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25885e6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-834e7fb\" data-id=\"834e7fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fd1708 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fd1708\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/recommendations\"><strong>Recommendations<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b8f8ac\" data-id=\"6b8f8ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b391269 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b391269\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/books-ive-endorsed\/\"><strong>Books I&#8217;ve Endorsed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"\/dr-barricks-books\/\">Dr. Barrick&#8217;s Books<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>or<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"\/my-publications\/\">Publications<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academics have dominated the realm of Christian theology (both systematic and biblical) for several centuries. 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