In his latest book, Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God, John Piper seeks to help readers understand how the heart and mind glorify God together and that “thinking is indispensible on the path to passion for God” (p. We don’t search the Scriptures.Īnd because we don’t think deeply, we rob ourselves of a deeper love for God. This comes into play in how we develop (or don’t as the case may be) our doctrine as well we chafe at the hard truths of the Christian faith-the exclusivity of Christ, the atonement, the authority of Scripture, and countless others-because they don’t feel good. If it feels good, we do it and if it feels good, it must obviously be good for us, right? More often than not, it’s based on what we feel.
But there’s something to them, isn’t there?Ĭonsider, for a moment, how we determine our agreement with ideas and experiences. Sproul once lamented that, “we live in what may be the most anti-intellectual period in the history of Western civilization.” Strong words, to be sure.
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