by Dawson Jarrell | Dec 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Is Christianity collectivist or individualist? One could point to the importance of the Image of God in humanity. Being made in God’s image means every individual person has an inherent dignity and worth. Also the necessity of personal faith to show the...
by Dawson Jarrell | Nov 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Anti-intellectualism (Part 4) The Church is Anorexic All these facts point to the present condition of the church as deeply anti-intellectual. It could be said that the church now has a kind of “Spiritual Anorexia.” Anorexics (1) have an intense fear of...
by Dawson Jarrell | Nov 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Anti-intellectualism (Part 3) In this post I want to pick back up on an idea i hinted at in the first post in this series. The metaphor of anti-intellectualism as poison. In this post we will look deeper at the effects of anti-intellectualism using poison as a guiding...
by Dawson Jarrell | Nov 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Anti-intellectualism (Part 2) In this post we will look at 3 key distinctions and clarifications that makes the christian mind distinctly Christian. A great guide for us is a mid 20th century scholar, Harry Blamire and his classic work, The Christian Mind (1963)....
by Dawson Jarrell | Nov 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Anti-intellectualism (Part 1) Do Ideas Have Consequences? “Ideas are overrated,” a young friend once said to me. After a moment I asked him, “So you’re telling me that you hold to the idea that ideas are overrated.” Now a little puzzled and a little unsure he...
by Dawson Jarrell | Oct 16, 2020 | Christian Living, Uncategorized
Personality & the Spiritual Disciplines ‘People are different by design. One way we can speak of this difference is by the concept of personality types. After having a conversation about personality and spiritual development I dusted off some old notes and...
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