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History of Science

Your Mind Matters 4: Acting on Our Knowledge

June 30, 2009 by Tom Grosh IV 1 Comment

John Stott wraps up Your Mind Matters with “Acting on Our Knowledge.”   He begins by pointing out that we avoid the swing from anti-intellectualism to hyper-intellectualism, by remembering "just one thing:   God never intends knowledge to be an end in itself but always to be means to some other end." As a corollary to the mind and biblical knowledge being essential to the six spheres of Christian living, see Your Mind Matters 3: The Mind in Christian Life, Stott highlights the truth that: "the acquisition of … [Read more...] about Your Mind Matters 4: Acting on Our Knowledge

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, ESN Book Club, Your Mind Matters Tagged With: books, History of Science, intellectualism, john stott, knowledge, Robert Boyle, worship, Your Mind Matters

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