I simply cannot fathom the time involved in the commentary produced by Matthew Henry. Or Gill. Or Vine. Those look like lifelong works to me, and yet John MacArthur and John Piper are similarly voluminous.
In light of such accomplishments and production, I find myself to be extremely dissatisfied with myself. Sure, it’s not my calling, clearly, to write a Bible commentary. It is shocking, though, that men who don’t even use computers – or, in many cases, never even heard of one – could write out so many thousands, even millions, of words.
I propose that writing is a good method of study.
I propose that Christians in general don’t write enough. I believe that we should be striving for a more intelligent Christianity, rather than an uninformed existence.
Whether or not anybody actually READS our writings is irrelevant. We learn by writing.
Are we willing to learn?
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maybe, just maybe, they were able to write so much because they *didn’t* have computers. . . . .
Oh.
I still read, but not like I want to. I read more for pleasure right now than anything and I bet I have not read a theological tome in over a year. Some devotional stuff, yeah, but nothing terribly deep that requires a lot of thought.
Right now I’m reading a novel by Clive Cussler and will start another one by Phillip Gulley…
That’s all right, man, you already know all there is to know about theology
Clive is good.
You’re too kind.
I’m going to start directing Trav’s Bible questions to Tony.
Yeah, and what about MY question? What WAS Jesus wearing when Mary saw him in the garden, and where did he get it?
Like father, like son. Though I think your question is a bit more “stomach-able”
YES.
We should write because writing makes us form our thoughts into intelligible structures. We are a lazy nation and we are reaping what we have been sowing for so long.