Al Mohler on Reading
Al Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, discussed the value of reading today at AlbertMohler.com. Reading is something of a passion for Mohler, as is evidenced by the surprising facts he includes in the post.
Al’s personal library, known as “The Bat Cave of Evangelical Christianity” is home to more than 30,000 volumes. It’s rumored that a person could pick any of those 30,000, hand it to Mohler, and and Al could promptly produce a detailed summary of the book (Need proof? Watch the first few minutes of this video, Al Mohler's Study).
Al lists six suggestions for more faithful, meaningful reading:
.Maintain regular reading projects.
.Work through major sections of Scripture.
.Read all the titles written by some authors.
.Get some big sets and read them through.
.Allow yourself some fun reading, and learn how to enjoy reading by reading enjoyable books.
.Write in your books; mark them up and make them yours.
Reading is a discipline that can always be improved. How many books have you read in the past 30 days?
Read Mohler’s entire post. Al Mohler's Blog
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I have to admit I have not listened to or read much from Albert Mohler so I need to be careful and not judgmental. However, a personal library of more than 30,000 volumes begins to look like a shrine to me. Pride in knowing the location of each of them and having detailed knowledge of the contents of all of them makes me think of the Pharisees and their expertise of the Jewish Law. I hope I am wrong about this, but the prideful and cocky attitude expressed in the interview or discussion and the praise the other three men lauded on Al didn't put me in a good frame of mind to try and find out more about the Together For The Gospel conference.
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Having sat under Dr. Mohler's teaching for a number of years I can provide testimony to his academic but humble nature. He has a photographic memory, sleeps 4 hours a night and loves to read. I think, if you watch the video again, you'll see 4 guys who have a great relationship doing a bit of 'cutting up' with each other. Mohler does not seem, to me, to take pride in his library. I've been a follower of the Dr. for over 5 years and this is the first time I've heard about the 'Bat Cave'. His contribution to the theological landsscape of the day is enormous and he is very well respected by his contemporaries on either side of any given issue. I've seen him in person and about the last thing I would accuse Al Mohler of is being cocky or prideful.
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