Kevin Bauder persuasively testifies in today’s In the Nick of Time that theology is practical for pastoring. He concludes,

The best preparation for ministry is rigorously theological. Greek, Hebrew, hermeneutics, and theology are right at the heart of how a Christian leader does his work. I say this, not as an ivory-tower intellectual, but as somebody who’s got his nose bloody in the real world of pastoring and church-planting. There is no substitute for the training that you get in a good theological seminary.

Note: Central Seminary emails these essays every Friday afternoon. You can join the mailing list (as well as access the archives) here.