Worshipping with Our Minds

Hey folks...long time no post, I know. I think we will try to be better about that starting this summer. yes, I've probably said that before.

Anyway, here is a link promoting John Piper's Desiring God conference this year. The emphasis is on how right thinking is very important to the Christian life. I agree with one point in the video, that American evangelicalism in the 20th century was sometimes characterized by anti-intellectualism. Its understandable in some ways because the intellectual community by and large have attacked Chrsitiantiy in the last couple of centuries. However, we cannot cede the fruits of disciplined thought and study over to the skeptics and atheists...and we as individuals cannot neglect to feed out intellects as well as our souls.

So this is a challenge...LET'S NOT BE LAZY INTELLECTUALLY! Let us worship God with our minds as well. It's much easier just to react to events and ideas with pre-supposed opnions on everything. Its much more difficult to challenge our own thinking, and to let revelation (the scriptures) challenge how we think. But we don't do this detached from faithful prayer and devotion. Thinking should be an act of worship...not something exercised apart from faith.