A couple of decades ago historian Mark Noll began his book, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, by saying “The scandal … is that there is not much of an evangelical mind. . . American evangelicals are not exemplary in their thinking.” It’s a shame, really, since God gave us a brain to steward for …
Gullibility Is Not A Spiritual Gift!
“Do not lose courage or be afraid because of the rumors you hear. Every year a different rumor spreads.” (Jeremiah 51:46 Good News Translation) I suppose you've noticed the bumper crop of conspiracies that have been attached to the Coronavirus crisis. I particularly love the one (in a satirical sense) that the vaccine being developed …
Meditate on What is Honorable
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8 We’re given at least eight different kinds of thoughts on which to fix our minds as alternatives to the stinking kind of thinking …
Critical Thinking For Christians
"When I was a child I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man I put childish ways behind me." 1 Corinthians 13:11 I mentioned to a close friend that I was writing about “Critical Thinking For Christians.” Partially in rhetorical jest he asked, …
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