Heresy of Intellectualistic Scholasticism

Focus on the articulations themselves and forget the life, and indulge in mere intellectual battles in the absence of relational depth, and we would have exhibited evidence of a subtle heresy called intellectualistic scholasticism.

One sure evidence of intellectual scholasticism is observable when “scholars” seek to present propositional theology in a language people cannot understand just so no one knows how to refute them. Linguistic sophistication is a facade for insecure scholastic endeavours which seeks to present ideas beyond the reach of the people. If the people are not high enough to grasp that which is articulated, then the articulation stands beyond reproach (or so they think).

In contrast, relational propositions are unsophisticated and yet possess a power of depth unbeknownst to intellectual scholasticism.

We can believe in propositional theology only because we have a relational life. Be rational, but be relationally rational. -- Sherman Kuek