Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. —John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 1, Chapter 1, Section 1, Paragraph 1 I've been wrestling with some personal decisions lately, so I decided to read a book that has been gathering dust on my "To Read" shelf: M. Blaine Smith's Knowing God's Will: Finding Guidance for Personal Decisions. It has been excellent, but it also got me to thinking: in ESN, … [Read more...] about Best Books on Knowing Yourself?
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Your Mind Matters 3: The Mind in Christian Life
We continue our ESN Book Club discussion of John Stott's Your Mind Matters with chapter 3, "The Mind in Christian Life." Stott "examines six spheres of Christian living, each of which is impossible without the proper use of the mind," namely: Christian worship Christian faith Christian holiness Christian guidance Christian evangelism Christian ministry We could discuss all of these if we had time, but two items on this list which particularly struck me were holiness and guidance. … [Read more...] about Your Mind Matters 3: The Mind in Christian Life