tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post2892178872298145277..comments2024-03-24T07:56:33.811-05:00Comments on Allan R. Bevere: Those "Irrelevant" Seminary TextbooksAllan R. Beverehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07903011101108437513noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post-46167795227898651982012-04-28T10:32:22.020-05:002012-04-28T10:32:22.020-05:00I've lately been thinking that the quality of ...I've lately been thinking that the quality of one's sermons has a direct relationship to the quality of the books that one reads. That's why I bristle at the notion that I should be spending most of my study time reading the latest volume in the "how to save the UMC" series.<br /><br />I think you friend rightly points out that many pastors simply quit asking questions; more often that we'd like to imagine, so have their parishioners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post-10708204460668637462012-04-28T07:44:54.540-05:002012-04-28T07:44:54.540-05:00I mainly read books from the public library. To i...I mainly read books from the public library. To invest in a physical book to have your library, IMO, should mean that such a book will be still be relevant in 10 or 20 years. Most stuff out there doesn't pass that test, so I sure don't want to move it around from one parish to the other. Furthermore, e-books seem pretty clear to be the direction publishing will go, so it will become much more difficult to know what books a pastor has or doesn't have as traditional publishing fades away. However, I absolutely agree continued reading is essential to having a thoughtful ministry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post-85989272237557476652012-04-28T07:23:23.733-05:002012-04-28T07:23:23.733-05:00Oloryn,
You then benefited from buying those book...Oloryn,<br /><br />You then benefited from buying those books. As I said in the post, there can be times to part with our books, but what I don't understand are pastors in active ministry who don't seem to think the life of study is important.Allan R. Beverehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903011101108437513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post-13135374374877851962012-04-27T21:09:07.248-05:002012-04-27T21:09:07.248-05:00The one positive thing about those pastors selling...The one positive thing about those pastors selling their books is the blessing it can give to those of us who buy them.<br /><br />I'm in kind of an odd place because I have a Bible degree (from Asbury), but I'm a computer programmer, not a pastor. One of the things I regretted after graduating from Asbury College was that I did't spend more time in the Asbury Seminary library across the street. I especially appreciated the multiple copies of Kittel they had, and determined to have my own set. I didn't have the money to buy a whole set, so over the years I put together a set, one volume at a time. Most likely, I was buying them from just those pastors you refer to.Olorynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17042191530693591797noreply@blogger.com