--- title: "7 Christian Scholarship Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Christian Scholarship quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Christian Scholarship sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/william-lane-craig-8716_christian_part-of-the-broader-task-of-christian-sc_24154.jpg" --- > [Part of the broader task of Christian scholarship is to help create and sustain a cultural milieu in which the gospel can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lane-craig/part-of-the-broader-task-of-christian-scholarship-is-to-help-create/) [William Lane Craig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lane-craig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/william-lane-craig-8716_christian_part-of-the-broader-task-of-christian-sc_24154.jpg) > [“The point of Christian scholarship is not recognition by standards established in the wider culture. The point is to praise God with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-a-noll/the-point-of-christian-scholarship-is-not-recognition-by-standards/) [Mark A. Noll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-a-noll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/344/mark-a-noll-56431_christian_the-point-of-christian-scholarship-is-no_439649.jpg) > [“There is no purpose for Christian scholarship outside the purpose of God that He is accomplishing in the church.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-r-white/there-is-no-purpose-for-christian-scholarship-outside-the-purpose-of/) [James R. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-r-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/james-r-white-102008_purpose-of-god_there-is-no-purpose-for-christian-schola_619647.jpg) > [The gospel is never heard in isolation. It is always heard against the background of the cultural milieu in which one lives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lane-craig/the-gospel-is-never-heard-in-isolation-it-is-always-heard-against-the/) [William Lane Craig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lane-craig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/william-lane-craig-8716_backgrounds_the-gospel-is-never-heard-in-isolation-i_624137.jpg) > [“The matter is quite simple. The bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ren-kierkegaard/the-matter-is-quite-simple-the-bible-is-very-easy-to-understand-but/) [Søren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ren-kierkegaard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/s-ren-kierkegaard-1686_bible_the-matter-is-quite-simple-the-bible-is_1422648.jpg) > [“Therefore, the task of all Christian scholarship- not just biblical studies- is to study reality as a manifestation of God’s glory, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/therefore-the-task-of-all-christian-scholarship-not-just-biblical/) [John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b61/john-piper-255_abdication_therefore-the-task-of-all-christian-scho_1876125.jpg) > [Biblical higher criticism is preserved in the particular enclave of academic Christian scholarship and is thought to be too unfruitful to share…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/biblical-higher-criticism-is-preserved-in-the-particular-enclave-of/) [John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31e/john-shelby-spong-1488_academic_biblical-higher-criticism-is-preserved-i_2318190.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-scholarship/#itemlist", "name": "Christian Scholarship Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Part of the broader task of Christian scholarship is to help create and sustain a cultural milieu in which the gospel can be heard as an intellectually viable option for thinking men and women.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Lane Craig" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lane-craig/part-of-the-broader-task-of-christian-scholarship-is-to-help-create/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/william-lane-craig-8716_christian_part-of-the-broader-task-of-christian-sc_24154.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/william-lane-craig-8716_christian_part-of-the-broader-task-of-christian-sc_24154.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/william-lane-craig-8716_christian_part-of-the-broader-task-of-christian-sc_24154.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Part of the broader task of Christian scholarship is to help create and sustain a cultural milieu in which…” — William Lane Craig", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The point of Christian scholarship is not recognition by standards established in the wider culture. The point is to praise God with the mind. Such efforts will lead to the kind of intellectual integrity that sometimes receives recognition. But for the Christian that recognition is only a fairly inconsequential by-product. The real point is valuing what God has made, believing that the creation is as \"good\" as he said it was, and exploring the fullest dimensions of what it meant for the Son of God to \"become flesh and dwell among us.\" Ultimately, intellectual work of this sort is its own reward, because it is focused on the only One whose recognition is important, the One before whom all hearts are open.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark A. 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