“Most contemporary approaches to Bible Study have more in common with the scholastics [in church history] than the monastics. Many are more concerned with “informational” reading than “formational” reading. There is a legitimate need for both approaches, because an overemphasis on one or the other can lead to the extremes of cold intellectualism or mindless enthusiasm. When evangelicals study Scripture, they typically look more for precepts and principles than for an encounter with God in the depths of their being”

( Ken Boa, “Conformed To His Image/ Biblical and Practical Approaches to Spiritual Formation, pg. 175)