A mirror
It confronts the student and the minister with the kind of man the Church needs. Besides theological knowledge, a life cultivated and sustained in godliness.
Retrato de un Teólogo Reformado
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Retrato de unTeólogo Reformado
Four classic addresses on what kind of man the minister of the Gospel must be
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The heart of the book
“A minister must be learned […] but before and above being learned, a minister must be godly.”
A reminder
Theology is not merely knowledge about God, but a knowledge of God that transforms the man as he worships, so that he may serve faithfully.
A calling
A serious and orderly preparation, evidenced by a genuine call and a godly life in Christ.
An office
To be a student, a teacher and a man. But with a heart that seeks purity before God.
Contents
Four addresses on the study of theology and on the man who studies it.
On Christ
Discurso Inaugural
“Jesus Christ is a wonderful and glorious person. To look away from oneself and from man to Christ is to lay hold on eternal life. If men would be safe, let them flee to Him.”
William Swan Plumer (1802–1880) 
On Character
El Carácter del Verdadero Teólogo
“Show me a man who, satisfied with the grace of Christ his Saviour, devoting himself wholly to the care of souls and to the enlargement of the kingdom of Christ, is ready to prostrate himself at the feet of all without preferring himself to any […] show me such a man and I will hail him as a true theologian.”
Herman Witsius (1636–1708) 
On Examination
Discurso a mis Estudiantes de Teología
“Stir up the gifts that are given you […] Give yourselves wholly to reading, exhortation and doctrine […] Continue to take heed to yourselves and to the doctrine you preach […] Watch for their souls, as those who must give account of them to God, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
John Brown of Haddington (1722–1787) 
On Godliness
La Vida Religiosa de los Estudiantes de Teología
Scholarship, though indispensable, is not the most indispensable thing for a minister. Aptness to teach alone does not make a minister. “A minister must be learned, on pain of being utterly incompetent for his work. But before and above being learned, a minister must be godly.”
Benjamin B. Warfield (1851–1921)
With this brief compendium the SRTS hopes to produce a book of indispensable reading that our Hispanic churches, presbyteries and seminaries can recommend to anyone who shows an interest in preparing for the sacred ministry of the gospel.
Who it is for
The book does not close on ordination day.
The seminarian
He is there in the contents, spelled out: “Discurso a mis Estudiantes de Teología” and “La Vida Religiosa de los Estudiantes de Teología”.
The ordained minister
The introduction says the volume confronts “the student and the minister”.
The aspirant to office
The back cover names him: the man “about to undertake” the task who does not yet know what nature it has.
Churches and seminaries
The SRTS conceived it as a “brief compendium” for churches, presbyteries and seminaries to recommend to their candidates.
Who publishes it
Spanish ReformedTranslation Society
The Spanish Reformed Translation Society translates and publishes “foundational works of the Reformed tradition in the Spanish language”, and it works under the auspices of Iglesia Reformada Luz de Vida, in Ecuador. Its purpose is to serve the Church with texts “that, over time, have proven their formative and pastoral worth”, and that criterion decides what reaches the translation desk. What it offers the Spanish-speaking Church is access, in its own language, to an inheritance written in other tongues.
For that it has chosen this book. The subtitle, “Hacia la doctrina conforme a la piedad”, comes from the epigraph that opens the volume, 1 Timothy 6:3, and the four addresses are about the man who studies theology and about what happens to him while he studies. Together in one short compendium, they fit in a candidate's hands on the day he begins, with Pastor Pablo Landázuri's introduction in front of them.
This edition
- Translation
- Pablo Landázuri · Jorge de Sousa · Jean Carlos Morán
- Translation editing
- Daniel Santa
- Book design
- Christian Ospina
- Cover photograph
- Willian Justen de Vasconcello
- Printing
- Printed in Colombia. ISBN 979-8-9952052-0-3
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“[…] O man of God […] keep that which is committed to thy trust”
1 Timothy 6:11 and 20 · King James Version