On the Stewardship of our Time

"If this age is more harried than most, then it is all the more critical that we use our time as wisely as we can.  Our lives are too short and our days are too compressed to spend them on the merely good: we must devote ourselves to what is best.  If we would be extraordinary Christians, we must surround ourselves with the greatest minds and immerse ourselves in their thoughts...When Shedd lays bare the most sublime truths in their dazzling splendor, stop and reflect and then adore the God of whom they speak."

-- From Alan Gomes's Editor's Preface to William G.T. Shedd's Dogmatic Theology