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 …
Tactics for Tumultuous Times
“Nothing like this has ever happened or been seen from the day when the sons of Israel came up from the land of Egypt to this day. Consider it, take counsel and speak up!” (Judges 19:30) Think these times in the world and in America are bad? Anxious and disillusioned, are you? I recommend you …
Critical Thinking (Part 2)
Concluding Thoughts on Critical Thinking For Christians
“Habits are something you can do without thinking, which is why most of us have so many of them.” Frank A. Clark This series of posts turned out to be a little more lengthy than I intended. I tried to be as economical as possible, but there were some things that I just couldn’t omit. …
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Critical Thinking Christians Don’t Rush to Judgment
We’re drowning in rancor in the country these days. It’s not that we can’t agree; it’s that we disagree so disagreeably. Social media is still a pretty new phenomenon. That could be part of the problem. It used to be that only the paid pundits went at it in public. They were the only ones …
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