Monergism Books

The Place of the Mind in the Christian Life

Binding: Paperback
Page Count: 93
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN#: 9780830834082

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Description: "Knowledge is indispensable to Christian life and service," writes John Stott. "If we do not use the mind which God has given us, we condemn ourselves to spiritual superficiality."

While Christians have had a long heritage of rigorous scholarship and careful thinking, some circles still view the intellect with suspicion or even as contradictory to Christian faith. And many non-Christians are quick to label Christians as anti-intellectual and obscurantist. But this need not be so.

In this classic introduction to Christian thinking, John Stott makes a forceful appeal for Christian discipleship that engages the mind as well as the heart.

Foreword to the Second Edition - PDF

1. Mindless Christianity - PDF

Monergism Review: Have you ever met a professor of Christ who pushes all his emphasis on the word “love” without evening knowing the Biblical parameters or definition of the word? Or what about those who disparage reason and logic? These views are common and more than rubbish, they spell the death of accurate theology and open the floodgates of emotion. John Stott’s book is perfect in combating the false view that the mind is “secondary” or of “little importance”. Consisting of only 90 pages it is readable even for those who prohibit the use of the mind claiming, “it has no place in theology”. I recommend “Your Mind Matters” because it does and this work makes sure that you know it matters and can defend that it matters.   
--B. K. Campbell