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Agassiz and the Fish

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Do you know the story of “Agassiz and the Fish”? It’s a powerful lesson on the necessity of painstaking observation–staring at and studying the reality before our eyes–especially if you apply it to the idea of studying the word of God. I first heard it in the late 90s at Bethlehem Baptist Church under Tom Steller, who first learned it in the mid-70s at Bethel College under John Piper, who first learned it in the last 60s at Fuller Theological Seminary under Dan Fuller, who first learned it in the mid 40s at Princeton Theological Seminary under Howard Kuist. Agassiz...

Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) Do you know the story of “Agassiz and the Fish”? It’s a powerful lesson on the necessity of painstaking observation–staring at and studying the reality before our eyes–especially if you apply it to the idea of studying the word of God. I first heard it in the late 90s at Bethlehem Baptist Church under Tom Steller, who first learned it in the mid-70s at Bethel College under John Piper, who first learned it in the last 60s at Fuller Theological Seminary under Dan Fuller, who first learned it in the mid 40s at Princeton Theological Seminary

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