@DrJohnFrame

This is my personal account. My former TA @sungyak posts here mostly. I enjoy writing, teaching, and playing the organ.

 Orlando, FL
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Joined February 2013
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Theology is application.
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To lose your sense of humor is to lose your sense of proportion. And nothing is more important in theology than a sense of proportion.
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Don’t lose your sense of humor.
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Respect your elders. Nothing is so ill-becoming as a young theologian who despises those who have been working in the field for decades. Disagreement is fine, as long as you acknowledge the maturity and the contributions of those you disagree with.
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Learn to distinguish the sound-look-feel of an idea from what it actually means.
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Our system of doctoral-level education requires “original thought,” but that can be hard to do, given that the church has been studying Scripture for thousands of years. You’ll be tempted to come up with something that sounds new...
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Well, do it; get it out of the way, and then come back to do some real theology.
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At the same time, don’t reject innovation simply because it is innovative. Even more, don’t reject an idea merely because it doesn’t sound like what you’re used to.
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Be willing to reexamine your own tradition with a critical eye. It is unreasonable to think that any single tradition has all the truth or is always right.
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Don’t be one of those theologians who are known mainly for trying to make Arminians become Calvinists (or vice versa).
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Don’t become known as a theologian who constantly takes potshots at other theologians or other Christians. The enemy is Satan, the world, and the flesh.
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Don’t be reflexively critical of everything that comes out of a different tradition. Be humble enough to consider that other traditions may have something to teach you. Be teachable before you start teaching them. Take the beam out of your own eye.
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When there is a controversy, don’t get on one side right away. Do some analytical work first, on both positions. Consider these possibilities: (a) that the two parties may be looking at the same issue from different perspectives, so they don’t really contradict;
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(b) that both parties are overlooking something that could have brought them together; (c) that they are talking past one another because they use terms in different ways;
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(d) that there is a third alternative that is better than either of the opposing views and that might bring them together; (e) that their differences, though genuine, ought both to be tolerated in the church, like the differences between vegetarians and meat-eaters in Romans 14.
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In Scripture, worship is the bottom line. It is not just an incidental activity of the Christian life, one among many; it is what the Christian life is all about.
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People are often like their kings and rulers. The king or emperor or president or prime minister often sets the tone for society as a whole. On the other hand, the king is usually a product of society. Which comes first? This is a chicken-and-egg question.
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To the extent that knowing Jesus is the goal of your life, you’ll seek the maximum, not the minimum.
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Maximum Christianity is a passion for Christ that leads us to extreme and sometimes unpredictable acts of devotion and service. Maximum Christianity is loving him and one another, as he first loved us.
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The blessing of the Christian life: Jesus. Knowing Jesus. And certainly part of that blessing is seeing others come to know Jesus. These blessings come not only in heaven, but now.
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