In this video, John Piper gives some excellent counsel for advocates of Blue Collar Theology.
First, get into a church that is a Word-saturated community.
Second, ask your pastor what the good books are and read them.
Third, don’t sell short the reading, meditating, and memorizing of Scripture.
Fourth, don’t be afraid to ask the relational question between text [...]
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Blue Collar Theology 16: Explaining the Truth to Others
December 10, 2007Blue Collar Theology 15: Monergism’s Bundles of Theology
November 12, 2007John Hendryx of Reformation Theology writes:
No Time for Seminary? Here is some sound advice for studying theology at home. Due to the compromising theological climate at many modern seminaries, we believe that if you take the time to carefully read the following materials you will get a better theological education than 90% of seminary graduates.
What [...]
Blue Collar Theology 14: Towers and Trenches
October 30, 2007I have been thinking more this week about Dr. Mohler’s challenge to develop ministers who exhibit the character of the minister described in 1 Thessalonians 2, viz. the nurturing mother and loving father. The Apostle Paul speaks on a number of occasions about ministry and discipleship in the context of spiritual parenting, and in [...]
Blue Collar Theology 13: Church Reference Center
October 29, 2007One of the practical ways I have been thinking about in regards to implementing a Blue Collar Theology is to develop a theological reference center in your local church. Now, a few things have to be assumed: one, your church has a permanent building; two, your church facilities are available during the week; and [...]
Blue Collar Theology 12: What Seminaries Cannot Teach
October 22, 2007Those of you who have been following the Blue Collar Theology (BCT) series remember that the purpose of this emphasis is twofold: to recover a theological emphasis by raising the bottom shelf, and to encourage theological education in the local church as its primary context. Blue Collar Theology argues that theology is meant to a [...]
Blue Collar Theology 11: Nashville Conference on Church and Theology
September 18, 2007Here’s a conference that all those on board with a Blue Collar Theology might be interested in. They write:
After fifty years of “church growth” methodology, the Church’s landscape is littered with countless relics of the latest and greatest models for ministry. But above all our attempts at “relevance” stands the cross of Jesus [...]
Blue Collar Theology 10: Ascol on Pastor as Theologian
September 17, 2007In the Winter 2001 edition of the Founders Journal, Tom Ascol wrote about the recovery of “The Pastor as Theologian.” We are living in a day where the best theologians are supposed to be academicians rather than pastors. Pastors have become disinclined to doctrinal development and instead focus on honing in their leadership skills and [...]
Blue Collar Theology 9: C. Michael Patton on Theological Accountability
September 17, 2007On the Parchment and Pen blog, C. Michael Patton recently wrote an excellent article entitled, “The Evangelical Epidemic of Theological Accountability and Discipline” in which he makes an excellent case why (albeit tacitly) theological education must primarily exist in an ecclesiological context. Here are some excerpts from his article:
“No one likes to be told [...]
Blue Collar Theology 8: Why Theology Matters by Dr. Danny Akin
September 11, 2007In the September 2007 issue of SBC Life you will find a nice interview of Dr. Danny Akin, president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary on “Why Theology Matters.” I recently contacted Dr. Akin about this interview, requesting permission to post this interview on my blog (in particular with the Blue Collar Theology series), to [...]
Blue Collar Theology 7: Reclaiming the Mind Theological Library
September 10, 2007I am really stoked about the new theological library from Reclaiming the Mind Ministries! Here is their announcement:
Hundreds of theological papers online and available for search and download. These are papers from the past 5 years of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) annual meeting. Although RMM does not endorse the contents of all these papers, they [...]
Blue Collar Theology 6: The Great Exchange (Book and Study Guide)
September 10, 2007Last week I wrote a book preview for an upcoming release by Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington entitled The Great Exchange: My Sin for His Righteousness. Yesterday, I was quite pleased to discover that this book has a dedicated website in which you can preview the book at greater length, read endorsements, and check out [...]
Blue Collar Theology Programming Note, and a Higher Bottom Shelf
September 9, 2007I felt that this was a good time to make a programming note about my series, Blue Collar Theology. As I continue to develop the ins and outs of BCT, I am going to start adding more features, including:
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* Resources for churches, pastors, and lay people
* Practical suggestions for implementing Blue Collar Theology in your [...]
Blue Collar Theology 5: Dangers of Theological Study
September 4, 2007Last week, I compiled some excerpts from Richard Lints with the central point being that theology belongs to the church. The goal that I have in developing a Blue Collar Theology is just that: a reunion of theological emphasis and education in the natural setting of the local church. However, lest we be [...]
Blue Collar Theology 4: Theology Belongs to the Church
August 27, 2007At this point in working through a Blue Collar Theology (BCT), I want to provide some excerpts from Richard Lints as he elaborates on the disjunction of theology and the local church (Richard Lints, The Fabric of Theology: A Prolegomenon to Evangelical Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993, 81, 318-21). I have provided these excepts [...]
Blue Collar Theology 3: To Know in Part
August 20, 2007Theological study is meant for everyone. That is a belief of Protestants since the Reformation. Up until that time, the study of Scripture and the task of theological inquiry was relegated to Magistrate who alone could interpret Scripture. With the advent of the printing press and Luther’s passion to translate the Scripture [...]
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