In the section entitled thinking God's thoughts, John Stott argues Psalm 19:1-4 and Romans 1:18-21 refer to God's self-revelation through the created order. Although it is a proclamation without speech, a voice without words, yet as a result of it all men to some degree "know God." This assumed ability of man to read what God has written in the universe is extremely important. All scientific research depends upon it, upon a correspondence between the character of what is being investigated and the mind of the … [Read more...] about Your Mind Matters 2: Why Use Our Minds?
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Your Mind Matters 1: Mindless Christianity
This week starts our first ESN Book Club. Over the next four weeks, Tom and I will be leading our discussion of John Stott's classic, Your Mind Matters. If you don't have a copy of the book, our introduction to the ESN Book Club includes several options where you can buy it. This week, we'll be discussing the Mark Noll's foreword and chapter one, "Mindless Christianity," which are available as free PDF downloads from InterVarsity Press. Here's how this will work: Tom and I will alternate with a post about the book … [Read more...] about Your Mind Matters 1: Mindless Christianity