A review by William C. Placher of Christian Wisdom: Desiring God and Learning in Love by David Ford."What is wisdom? He never gives a single answer. But some themes keep emerging. We should love God for God's own sake. Theologians should listen hard to cries--of suffering, joy, bewilderment and gratitude. Theology should operate in all five moodsd: indicative (affirming what we believe), imperative (calling to obedience), interrogative (struggling with hard questions), subjunctive (exploring possibilities, as Jesus' parables do so well) and optative (desiring in hope). Theologians have too long limited themselves to the indicative and the imperative."
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James 3:17
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
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