"Reason is avidly imperialistic, attempting to plant its victory flag over every dimension of thought whether it belongs there or not."
-- David Crump’s book Encountering Jesus, Encountering Scripture: Reading the Bible Critically in Faith (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013), page 119, quoted by Bob Yarborough in "The Future of Cognitive Reverence for the Bible" in JETS, vol. 57, no.1 (2014), pages 5-18.
I take that quote to mean: although reason is powerful and necessary, we are tempted to believe that it will resolve issues in every sphere of our beings, such as emotions or worship or praxis -- and it won't.
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