Scholarship

“Only about 1.8 percent of Americans have a PhD….If you are considering joining this academic minority, keep reading. What follows is a short guide meant to help you think honestly about the decision. Perhaps I will talk you into it. Perhaps I will talk you out of it.” - Word by Word

“The number of students enrolled in degree programs at theological schools in the United States continues to grow. The 2025-26 annual data tables produced by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) show a small uptick of about 1,400 in the overall student population — reported to be 70,179 across all masters and doctoral degree programs.“ - MinistryWatch

“Conservative Christianity has sometimes had an anti-intellectual bent. Certain dangers often accompany the acquisition of theological knowledge, and Paul will deal with some of them in this chapter. But some believers have reacted to these dangers by discouraging study and scholarship. They have pitted ‘doing’ against ‘knowing.’” - BJU Seminary

“In 2024, faithful evangelical publishers released hundreds of theologically orthodox and robustly biblical books. Though we still have work to do in defending Scripture from critical erosion, there’s now more intellectual space for theologians to explore narrower doctrinal topics with precision.” - TGC

“The editor of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society for more than two decades and a widely respected expert on the Gospel of John, biblical theology, and hermeneutics, Dr.

“Whenever you’re reading a Christian nationalist author citing historical sources in support of their modern ethno-nationalist positions, you should be suspicious. You absolutely should track down the footnotes. And then you should read that excerpt in context.” - Mere Orthodoxy

Why the Church Needs Pastor-Theologians - TGC

“As Rome’s luster dims in the years ahead, Protestants must seize their opportunity to once again assert intellectual leadership of Western Christianity, defending creedal and moral orthodoxy with scholarly rigor, rhetorical clarity, and pastoral grace in the midst of a confused and darkening world.” - World

“An ex-evangelical acquaintance of mine recently posted a link to an academic journal article critiquing inerrantist biblical scholars. It contained this paragraph…” - Mark Ward

“The reader who wishes to wade in deeper to these waters will get an assist from Philip Magness’s bibliography on ‘The 1619 Project Debate,’ at least as it stood on January 3. Still more assistance can be found on John Fea’s website, ‘The Way of Improvement Leads Home,’ which has been tracking ‘The 1619 Project: Debate Continues.’” - ITakeout