When we began this series of articles on our conception of truth, I did not expect there would be five of them, and it seems that there could be several more. But I sense the Spirit encouraging me to move on to the remainder of Blamires’ “Marks of the Christian Mind.” I expect we will […]
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Here, in the nineth article of the Christianly Thinking series (and fourth focused on our conception of the truth), we will take a relatively deep dive into the ways of God for engaging and/or not engaging with the world. There is a lot here, so let me summarize before we begin: The ways and worldviews
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God is depending on us to proclaim that He is the great Reality, and that only He can give meaning to all other realities. A. W. Tozer Every Christian faces multiple realities on a regular basis. Every time we sit across from someone, there are at least three realities at play. Navigating the overlay and interplay
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For the Christian, truth is supernaturally grounded: it is not manufactured within nature. The violence of the collision between the secular mind and the Christian mind in this respect is often underestimated. Failure to distinguish clearly between the Christian conception of truth and the conception of truth popularly cherished in the secular mind has been
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Question One: Where do we go for the truth? Most Christians would reflexively say, “The Bible.” But do we really go there as often as we think? And how often do we surrender to the truth we know (e.g., love your neighbor as yourself)? Question Two: Is all the truth even found in the Bible?
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We (#iamjustthepen) have recently begun a new writing project focused on the Christian’s second most deadly enemy: the world. The reference passage for the project is Romans 12:2 – And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of
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This series on christianly thinking proposes that the world, through our participation with it, has been conforming Christians to its way of thinking since our childhood, through education, media, business, etc. For some time now, the church in the West has focused its attention on belief and behavior modification, leaving the formation of our minds
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It’s that time of year again, when churches display and people sing, “God Bless America.” Honestly, I don’t understand why we think He would. Are we naïve or just willfully blind to the facts? America is the world leader in the production and consumption of child pornography – the product of the child sex slave
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Well, I don’t know why I came here tonight. I got the feeling that something ain’t right. I’m so scared, in case I fall off my chair. And I’m wondering how I’ll get down the stairs. Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right. Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
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The majority of this article is developed from Part Two – Chapter One of Harry Blamires’ The Christian Mind (1963), in which he explains supernatural orientation as one of “The Marks of the Christian Mind”. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning how a Christian should think. “Of all the marks of
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