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Love And Meditation Shaped A Life Of Ministry
- John Piper's ministry is shaped by a double devotion to loving God's instruction and meditating on it all day.
- He reads Scripture both emotionally (delighting) and analytically (probing) to extract its reality and joy.
Two Minds Formed At Wheaton
- Piper describes being two persons: a romantic who loves Scripture and an analytical mind that probes wording.
- At Wheaton he intensified affections under Clyde Kilby and sharpened analysis under philosophy teachers, shaping his method.
Choose Deep Meditation Over Wide Reading
- Do prioritize deep meditation on Scripture over merely reading secondary sources if you can't do both.
- Piper found meditating longer on texts yielded more spiritual insight than trying to out-read professors.
