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\"\"<\/a>Which is a better approach to theology: being a spet — an expert in one field, like “Soteriology” — OR being a Jack of all Trades, reading widely and learning broadly about all aspects of theology?<\/p>\n

You know what they say, “Jack of all Trades – Master of None” but is this really bad in theology?<\/p>\n

Let me ask it another way, I believe that theological ideas interlock with one another. It is kind of like an Excel Spreadsheet: If you make an adjustment in one field, numerous other changes result throughout the entire table. \u00a0Theology is like that. So can we really trust the theology of someone who is an expert in one category of theology, but relatively ignorant of others?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Can we trust the theology of someone who is an expert in one category of theology, but relatively ignorant of others?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28],"class_list":{"0":"post-737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-theology-general","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\nJack of All Trades Theology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Can we trust the theology of someone who is an expert in one category of theology, but relatively ignorant of others?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/jack-of-all-trades-theology\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jack of All Trades Theology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Can we trust the theology of someone who is an expert in one category of theology, but relatively ignorant of others?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/jack-of-all-trades-theology\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Redeeming God\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/290798794274804\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/290798794274804\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-03-28T17:50:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-03-28T17:50:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/jack-of-all-trades.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1408\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1098\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeremy Myers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@redeeminggod\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@redeeminggod\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeremy Myers\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/jack-of-all-trades-theology\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/jack-of-all-trades-theology\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jeremy Myers\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c\"},\"headline\":\"Jack of All Trades Theology\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-28T17:50:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-03-28T17:50:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/jack-of-all-trades-theology\/\"},\"wordCount\":127,\"commentCount\":10,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/jack-of-all-trades-theology\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/jack-of-all-trades.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Theology - 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