Wisdom with Dr. Tremper Longman, Part Two

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The Allender Center

Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health, Christianity, Trauma, Health & Fitness, Theology

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🗓️ 20 April 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

This week, Dr. Dan Allender and his best friend, Biblical scholar Dr. Tremper Longman III, continue our series about the complex category of wisdom by discussing the need to remain open to change and to never stop learning. What does it mean to have both the integrity of deep convictions and the willingness to be proven wrong? As we’ll hear today, that’s one of the many conundrums of wisdom.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Allender Center podcast with Dr. Dan Allender. This week, Dan and his best friend,
0:12.0	biblical scholar Dr. Trumper Longman III, continue our series about the complex category of wisdom
0:18.4	by discussing the crucial need to have both the integrity of deep
0:22.5	convictions and the willingness to be proven wrong.
0:34.5	We're returning to a second conversation with my bestest of friends, Dr. Tremper Longman
0:41.3	the third, a true scholar.
0:45.5	Ah, and gentlemen, I hope.
0:47.7	Gentleman.
0:48.9	Gentleman and a scholar who's now, we forgot to mention, in a very different phase of life.
0:57.7	Yeah, that's right.
0:58.3	There's just a sentence or two.
0:59.2	Where are you now?
1:00.2	And what were you doing?
1:01.3	And why is it that you're doing it?
1:03.1	And what's your address and what's the cost of spending?
1:07.0	Go ahead.
1:07.4	I'm sorry.
1:08.7	So for about 18, 17, 18 years, I taught at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia.
1:19.5	Then for the next 18, 19 years, I taught at Westmont College, where I was honored to be the Robert Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies.
1:30.8	And you get to wear, when we dress up, it really is such a strange thing as academics.
1:36.2	We get to dress up every now and these black gowns.
1:39.8	I have a blue, Yale blue gown.
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