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...
by Dawson Jarrell | Oct 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism Moralistic Therapeutic Deism is a term coined by sociologist Christian Smith. It describes the beliefs and general religious outlook of modern Americans. Five core beliefs makeup this religious perspective. A God exists who created and...
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