especially if you are a pastor, bible teacher, bible/theology student or just whoever -
- because it is a good way to put down things you’ve been thinking about with regard to the Bible or the world around us
- its a good way to store things you’ve been working on such as ideas, ways of seeing a scripture passage or in understanding a theological concept – or in interacting with various theologians and scholars
- its a good way to share your ideas so others can interact with them and help you in your thinking and you in theirs (as iron sharpens iron….)
- its a good place to keep stuff you’ve been working on so when later you need to recall it, you can look it up – I wished I had a better sense of blogging when I was in seminary I had things I was thinking about and now can’t recall them or remember how I worded it and things – a blog would’ve been a great way to keep track of all that.
- the reasons can go on and on and on.
As a case in point, I think Brian LePort over at the Near Emmaus blog has been putting out some really good posts lately and I think he’ll be glad for it. When he gets into his PhD program somewhere in the UK – or is in a future conversation with someone about the things he’s blogged about he can pull it up to remember what he said at the time that was really good.
If you don’t have a blog yet, why not start one!
Btw, just to set the record straight, I like Brian LePort.. I think he has a good mind, etc. I just don’t agree with much of the so-called Christian academia today. The approach to set Holy Scripture on the hot-seat, etc. Some of that is okay, but not when we go right against Christian Presuppositions! Man and humanity can never sit in judgment of God and His Word! And it is here that we can learn much from our so-called Eastern Orthodox Brethren.
@Brian F.: I concur! Blogging is a great way to think through things and have conversations with others. I have benefited from it greatly.
Thanks for the shout out!
Great stuff!
I enjoy blogging also for most of the above mentioned reasons… sometimes I am amazed at who reads my blog… and if I go and look back at old posts sometimes I think “Did I really say that” ….
It’s also a great way to learn about resources that others are reading or have read.
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