I need more “pain in the mind”

In an age of sound bites and Twitter feeds, many Christian leaders are so busy trying to keep up with current events that few of us take time to stop, to study, and to struggle for the sake of teaching God’s people. All too often, we take a side and stick to it without theContinue reading “I need more “pain in the mind””

Learning to chew on the Word

It’s that evil word so many evangelical/fundamentalists don’t like: meditation.  Simon Chan in his book, Spiritual Theology, reflects deeply on the need for scripture meditation. We are given too quickly to analysis in our Western mindset. We see a text and think one of two things: “I need to do a word study and historical background and culturalContinue reading “Learning to chew on the Word”