“As Christian philosophers, we must practice in our profession what we claim in our confession. The apostle Paul reminded the Corinthians that Christ is not only the power of God but also the wisdom of God (I Cor. 1:24). True wisdom is Christocentric in its origin and application. Specifically, I think that as Christian philosophers we have a solemn duty to discover what Jesus believed and taught, and then believe, teach and defend that. This is a beginning, of course; there is much in contemporary philosophy that Jesus did not directly address, just as there is much in modern physics that he did not speak to. But where he spoke, and where his words have direct implications for our subjects, we must listen and learn. Christian philosophers should not be so eager to surf the cultural swell that we cannot hear and heed our Lord’s clear teaching.

“. . . Christian philosophers can serve the Lord by doing what we do well—analysis, clarification, justification. But Christian philosophers should not ever lose sight of the fact that serving the Lord entails as well serving his people. Does our research and our teaching ultimately contribute to clarifying, demonstrating and confirming the truth of the credenda of the faith? Do we, in the end, have anything to contribute to the project of helping our culture understand and pursue genuine human flourishing? Will the church and the world be better for what we do?”

— Garrett J. DeWeese in Doing Philosophy as a Christian (IVP, 2011), 63, 64.