Kingdom Through Covenant has radically reshaped the way I approach the metanarrative of Scripture. Can’t wait to read some of your other recommendations. Thank you.
This is great. I had aspirations for seminary 10 years ago. But then a tragedy struck that delayed my enrollment by a semester. By then it was clear the winds weren't blowing my sails towards formal seminary. So I decided to look up seminary courses that interested me, found their required reading in their syllabi, bought the books and began reading. It's made my learning style a lot less neat and trimmed but it's been an incredibly wild journey of learning.
Really excited to dive into some of these recommendations! I’ve read other Peter Kreeft books more centralized in particular cultural topics. Those specific books felt a bit too self congratulatory or circular because it’s creating or imagining a socratic discussion but the writer is the one designing the response/perspectives of the people he disagrees with. Real discussions don’t move in that way and perfectly set up those engaging in discussion to prove the other wrong. But I still enjoyed the books. And I am interested in a book focused on on logic and process and skill rather than a creative imagining of a socratic conversation.
This is a great list, I appreciate the focus on hermenutics, certainly important for theologians. I wonder what the balance between hermenutics, practical theology and spiritual formation should be? I'd love to hear your thoughts on spiritual formation books, my personal experience has been heavily hermenutical and theological but very light in the formation space, which I've had to back fill myself.
Fee was so big for me early on in the process of diving deeper into scripture and the wild Wild West of biblical studies. Lewis has been with me my whole life and led me to Chesterton. Kreeft has been like water from a deep well as Gerald Sittser put it. All of them gateways to deeper things.
I'm excited to see your other recommendations! That Peter Kreeft book will probably be in my cart soon, and I think you're selling me on Chesterton... I have to know what all the hubbub is about!
Kingdom Through Covenant has radically reshaped the way I approach the metanarrative of Scripture. Can’t wait to read some of your other recommendations. Thank you.
it's an amazing book.
so worth the 700 pages hahah
Honestly, probably would have never read it if they didn’t make me in seminary. But now that I have, I’m really glad I did.
Thank you 🙏🏼
This is great. I had aspirations for seminary 10 years ago. But then a tragedy struck that delayed my enrollment by a semester. By then it was clear the winds weren't blowing my sails towards formal seminary. So I decided to look up seminary courses that interested me, found their required reading in their syllabi, bought the books and began reading. It's made my learning style a lot less neat and trimmed but it's been an incredibly wild journey of learning.
Really excited to dive into some of these recommendations! I’ve read other Peter Kreeft books more centralized in particular cultural topics. Those specific books felt a bit too self congratulatory or circular because it’s creating or imagining a socratic discussion but the writer is the one designing the response/perspectives of the people he disagrees with. Real discussions don’t move in that way and perfectly set up those engaging in discussion to prove the other wrong. But I still enjoyed the books. And I am interested in a book focused on on logic and process and skill rather than a creative imagining of a socratic conversation.
This is a great list, I appreciate the focus on hermenutics, certainly important for theologians. I wonder what the balance between hermenutics, practical theology and spiritual formation should be? I'd love to hear your thoughts on spiritual formation books, my personal experience has been heavily hermenutical and theological but very light in the formation space, which I've had to back fill myself.
Fee was so big for me early on in the process of diving deeper into scripture and the wild Wild West of biblical studies. Lewis has been with me my whole life and led me to Chesterton. Kreeft has been like water from a deep well as Gerald Sittser put it. All of them gateways to deeper things.
thank you for the list. excited start on this DIY journey.
Looooove this list.
I'm excited to see your other recommendations! That Peter Kreeft book will probably be in my cart soon, and I think you're selling me on Chesterton... I have to know what all the hubbub is about!