I am a sinner saved by the grace of God through Jesus Christ. That reality has anchored my life for nearly five decades.
Over the years I have become increasingly aware that when Jesus commanded His followers to love God with all their heart, soul, strength, and mind (Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27), He was not offering a poetic suggestion. He was giving us an ethical command.
Yet in much of modern evangelical Christianity the cultivation of the mind has quietly disappeared. In its place we often find emotionalism, personality-driven movements, and a shallow engagement with the world around us. The result is predictable. Christians become intellectually unprepared and easily swept along by cultural, political, and ideological winds.
This project, Love God With Your Mind, is my small attempt to call the ekklesia of Jesus Christ back to something older and more serious. Loving God with the mind requires discipline. It requires humility. It requires the willingness to examine our assumptions and think carefully about Scripture, history, culture, and the society in which we temporarily live.
My desire is not to win political battles. Those come and go. My desire is that followers of Jesus would once again become people who think clearly, reason honestly, and live faithfully in a complicated world.
A little about me. I began my academic training at Palm Beach Atlantic College as a religion major and later completed my Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Oklahoma. More importantly, I have spent the past forty-seven years learning, often the hard way, what it means to follow Jesus Christ.
I am married to my wonderful bride, Patti. Together we have four adult children, three sons-in-law, and a growing number of grandchildren. Life has been full of grace, and I remain a student of the command that started this journey:
Love God with your mind.