Making Leaders Who Can Make Disciples (The Pillar Seminary)

Episode Summary

The Pillar Seminary was founded to address persistent problems in churches and their leadership. Its students not only receive a Scripture-first education—as opposed to theology-first—but also quickly begin practicing what they’re taught.

The purpose of studying the biblical texts is to be transformed by them. True “head knowledge” of Scripture involves “heart knowledge”; by practicing biblical principles, we can understand the text better.

Join us this week as Scott Booth, Dan Lowery, and Donnell J. Moore discuss how Pillar’s approach to seminary and studying Scripture ultimately transforms students, equipping them to lead in their local churches, make disciples, and meet needs effectively within their ministries.

Chapters

    • 0:26 Purpose of the program

    • 2:08 Common core for Bible and leadership

    • 3:23 Leadership training

    • 10:39 Bible classes for the purpose of transformation

    • 11:52 Head knowledge and heart knowledge

    • 14:28 Spiritual autobiography

    • 18:17 Equipped by God

    • 21:37 What is the mission?

    • 22:33 Journeying through the text

    • 28:41 What’s the meal, where’s the deal?

    • 31:37 Reading the Bible three times through

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Dr. Dru Johnson

Founder and Director of the Center for Hebraic ThoughtDru teaches Biblical literature, theology, and biblical interpretation at The King’s College. He is an editor for the Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biblical Criticism series; an associate director for the Jewish Philosophical Theology Project at The Herzl Institute in Israel; and a co-host for the OnScript Podcast. His recent books include Biblical Philosophy: An Hebraic Approach to the Old and New Testaments (Cambridge University Press); Human Rites: The Power of Rituals, Habits, and Sacraments (Eerdmans); and Epistemology and Biblical Theology (Routledge). Before that, he was a high-school dropout, skinhead, punk rock drummer, combat veteran, IT supervisor, and pastor—all things that he hopes none of his children ever become.He and his wife have four children. Interviews, articles, and excerpts of books can found at drujohnson.com.

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