Similarly, submitted, courageous, and believing men produce submitted, courageous, and believing theology. This is why the theology of liberals and modernists is bad theology. The point is not that under no condition could they make any accurate theological statement. Because of God's common grace, they can undermine their own premises and make true utterances. But their theology is likely to be wrong because their whole orientation to life is wrong.
Godly men produce godly theology.
Therefore, the first requisite of the theologian is a regenerated life in total submission to God and His Word. Even truly Christian theologians often do not recognize the implications of the union between theology and personalism. I know some Reformed theologians who are confident that men will be persuaded of the Reformed Faith fundamentally by means of theological argument. One theologian writes extensive theological texts filled with personal insults, fulsome boasts, and offensive acrimony. He then loudly complains that his theology is not as successful as he would like it to be.