Systematic conformity....

As a follow on to the "world's shortest systematic theology" post (which was of course stolen/adapted in part from Charles Spurgeon and others), here's a little bit from les freres Bayly about how much of the greatest recent work, theologically speaking, has been self-published.

And so it's very interesting; many volumes of garbage which (at least in my house) found their proper place in the circular file had no trouble getting published at major publishers. The treasures? Not so much.

It suggests a question; are the major publishers simply printing what itching ears want to hear? At the risk of following a theologically simplistic prooftexting argument, I'd suggest the Word has something to say to many mainstream publishers of theological works.