Think

Since I recommended some new music last time, I thought I would recommend a book.

If you go to Christianaudio.com now you can get a ton of free stuff.  I recommend John Piper's audiobook, Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God.

I know, I know.  Most people wouldn't want to read this book, especially evangelical Christians.  We want everything spelled out, with clever rhyming schemes and pretty pictures.  But, still, Piper presents an excellent case for using your melon for more than holding your glasses or a place to store your finger when you think no one is looking.

We should do more than read the Bible - we should study it!  I know that's scary; it was for me for a long time.  But think about it this way.  If you knew the amount of information related to your job that you know about the Bible, would you still have your job?  I probably wouldn't.  But isn't our relationship to God more important than our job?  YES!  So why aren't we studying our Bibles more often?

This might seem like an attack on the current state of the church - and in some ways, I guess it is.  We have been taught to retain information, not think about it.  I'm retraining my brain right now and it's hard work.  But when I sit and ponder where my faith may be in a year, 5 years, 10 years... I can only thank God that He saw fit to provide me the grace to work on it.