let my people think

I. What does it mean to love God with our minds?

A. What it does not involve

1. “Thinking by Christians”

2. Adopting the “Christian position”

3. Thinking about “Christian topics”

B. What it does involve

1. What we think about –

Philippians 4:8-9 8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 What you have learned[a] and received and heard

2. How we think –  

II Corinthians 10:5 5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

3. What we do with what we think – II Cor. 5:11

11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.

II. What hinders loving God with our minds?

The influence of the media

The devaluation of words

The preoccupation with style over substance

31 “To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, “‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’ 33 For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ 35 Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.” Luke 7:31-35

The disappearance of truth

III. How can I learn to love God with my mind?

A. By seeing thinking as an act of worship

B. By committing to the diligent study of the Word

C. By becoming a reader of solid Christian literature

D. By cultivating the practice of seeing the world through the lens of the Word

Contemporary Christian authors with whom you should be acquainted:

James Boice Elisabeth Elliot Martyn Lloyd-Jones

R.C. Sproul                   F.F. Bruce                   Os Guinness

John MacArthur           John R.W. Stott           Tony Campolo

Hank Hanegraaff         Josh McDowell             A.W. Tozer

D.A.  Carson               Carl F.H. Henry              J.I. Packer

David Wells                G.K. Chesterton            Philip Johnson

John Piper                  Philip Yancey               Chuck Colson

C.S. Lewis                Francis Schaeffer

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