The task of all Christian scholarship–not just biblical studies–is to study reality as a manifestation of God’s glory, to speak and write about it with accuracy, and to savor the beauty of God in it, and to make it serve the good of man. It is an abdication of scholarship when Christians do academic work with little reference to God. If all the universe and everything in it exist by the design of an infinite, personal God, to make his manifold glory known and loved, then to treat any subject without reference to God’s glory is not scholarship but insurrection. John Piper
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This quote is so true and powerful. There is too much emphasis put on the academic world and academics in general. I believe we need to work hard at our academics but we should not forget that we are called to glorify God in every part of our lives. No matter what we do or how we work, all of our activities should be done for the glory of God and the good of man.

Source: Think: The Life Of The Mind And The Love Of God

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