A Mind for God

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"Sadly, very few read the bible, as Gordon Fee titled one of his books, 'for all that it's worth.' As I have observed as both pastor and educator, there are many ways people read the Bible. There are "service" readers, those who engage the Bible when i is presented during a weekend service, and that is all. Then there are devotional readers who take bite-size bits of Scripture through secondary conduits (devotional magazines or books). This goes light-years beyond the 'service' reader because it encourages reflection on a text, but it is far from the feast the Scriptures offer and the mind needs. What is required is studious reading: an open Bible, a dictionary and concordance nearby, and time to reflect on what the psalmist described as 'a lamp to my feet and light for my path' (Psalm 119:105). This is the foundation of the Christian mind. A biblical worldview - a view of the world informed and shaped by the Bible - has always marked the most developed and formidable of Christian minds."
- A Mind for God by James Emery White

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  1. AnnaSeptember 28, 2012 at 1:21 PM

    We just talked about Biblical illiteracy in my theology class today. This quote was a good summary of that =)

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