sacra pagina is profitable for sacra doctrina, which in turn is profitable for sacra vita (holy living), which includes sanctification and shalom. Theology is “practical” in the fullest, most robust sense: it is a matter not of building systems of ideas so much as it is of world-building, or rather, of building up the world into the fullness of Christ (Eph. 1:22–23). Being biblical, then, ultimately refers to what may be termed a “political” task: building the city of God amidst the ruins of the city of Man.
DMin over PhD?
