How we think matters

My small group Bible study has been going through The Truth Project. It explores Identifying, developing and living a Biblical Worldview. It has been a fabulous and challenging study. I've been thinking about the bigger picture. In order for the church to be the true countercultural change agent that it is called to be (salt and light), we need to learn how to think from Scripture [not media sound bites, or celebrities like Oprah, or other supposed experts including academia...] We need the mind of Christ.

The Bible begins with the assumption of God's existence:

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth" (Gen. 1:1).

The Bible tells us "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge" (Prov. 1:7).

Our thinking will always flow out of our core assumptions—our presuppositions about how the world works. As long as this core principle is drilled into and tattooed on our brains, the particulars will always reflect this – for good or bad. We need to continually examine our thinking and see if our particulars are flowing from a sound Biblical worldview based on the solid rock of Scripture, God’s unchanging Truth or if we are allowing the ever changing ‘wisdom’ of the world to influence these core assumptions. How we think matters.

Romans 12:1-2 With eyes wide open to the mercies of God, I beg you, my brothers, as an act of intelligent worship, to give Him your bodies, as a living sacrifice, consecrated to Him and acceptable by Him. Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould, but let God re-mould your minds from within, so that you may prove in practice that the plan of God for you is good, meets all His demands and moves towards the goal of true maturity.

Deut. 6:4-9 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.