The biblical understanding of the heart refers to the center of our will and moral activities ( 1 Samuel 16:7 Jeremiah 17:10). But before we look at the mind we need to consider how the Bible understands the heart. There are three things to keep in mind when thinking about the mind. ![]() This is not to say we become “puffed up with knowledge” ( 1 Corinthians 8:1) but that we use our minds to think biblically when it comes to the decisions we make in life. However, this is in total contrast to how Jesus told us how to love God: Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. The end result of this is that many Christians see the mind as a terrible thing and head knowledge as a disease that needs to be cured. People can be more offended that sin is confronted than that sin offends a Holy God. This is why, when issues arise within the church (such as evolution or homosexuality), anyone who dares to give a biblical response to such issues is seen as wrong and unacceptable. ![]() The church is continually having to contend against those who position faith only in terms of emotionalism and feeling. One of the reasons there is so much confusion within the church today regarding what the Bible teaches on such issues as creation or the definition of marriage is that many Christians make decisions based upon sentimentalism, emotionalism, and anti-intellectualism.
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