Lesson 4:The Christian Mind, It's Supernatural Orientation
Objective: to identify the Christian Mind in terms of its supernatural orientation
REVIEW
Presupposition – that the world is real as created by God and that I can know it for I am created in his image with a mind to understand.
Solves the problem of the one and the many, other minds, objectivity
INTRODUCTION
A word on the prose.
A word on the blog updates. “Story of Philosophy to be updated more for transcendental argument.
The Christian Pilgrim
First Sentence.
The Christian mind in a context that is eternal. p 67 “In this respect the religious view of life…”
“It sees this life as inconclusive experience…”
The Seculary Mind in temporal context
#p. 68 “(Secularism’s) most basic presupposition …”
Living together
P 70 the mind ceases…the think Christianly.
How is the Christian “schizophrenic”. How can we avoid schizophrenia? Franks example of the fellow who read his Bible while he worked.
Bottom of page 73. How is this world characterized in seeing itself. “self-sufficient, etc. The world sees, needs to see, itself under control. What is the role of technology in this view?
Surrender
P69 “In this respect the Christian mind….chronological status to the eternal”. What does he mean?
The Immanent Battle
What does happen when the eternal perspective meets the temporal?
Blamires p75 “ponder the violence of the concealed collision…”
p. 74 “The Christian mind is shocked.”
The eternal perspective matters now
P75 “The Christian minds realization…”
Q. p202 #1. the Christian view of life sees this world in terms of heaven and hell.
What are the ramifications of this? How does it affect what we do here on earth?
It implies justice and reward for actions, accountability p. 75
SCRIPTURE TO CONSIDER
Eternity in the heart of every man
Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
Eternal reward and judgement
Psalm 37:27Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever.
Psalm 37:28For the LORD loves justice;he will not forsake his saints.They are preserved forever,but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
(the Psalms have a lot of ‘forever’)
1 John 2:17And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
Hope in the eternal home, ‘forever’ as uplifting
Psalm 136:1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
2 Corinthians 5: 1 For we know that if the tent, which is our earthly home, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling,
2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace.
REVIEW
Presupposition – that the world is real as created by God and that I can know it for I am created in his image with a mind to understand.
Solves the problem of the one and the many, other minds, objectivity
INTRODUCTION
A word on the prose.
A word on the blog updates. “Story of Philosophy to be updated more for transcendental argument.
The Christian Pilgrim
First Sentence.
The Christian mind in a context that is eternal. p 67 “In this respect the religious view of life…”
“It sees this life as inconclusive experience…”
The Seculary Mind in temporal context
#p. 68 “(Secularism’s) most basic presupposition …”
Living together
P 70 the mind ceases…the think Christianly.
How is the Christian “schizophrenic”. How can we avoid schizophrenia? Franks example of the fellow who read his Bible while he worked.
Bottom of page 73. How is this world characterized in seeing itself. “self-sufficient, etc. The world sees, needs to see, itself under control. What is the role of technology in this view?
Surrender
P69 “In this respect the Christian mind….chronological status to the eternal”. What does he mean?
The Immanent Battle
What does happen when the eternal perspective meets the temporal?
Blamires p75 “ponder the violence of the concealed collision…”
p. 74 “The Christian mind is shocked.”
The eternal perspective matters now
P75 “The Christian minds realization…”
Q. p202 #1. the Christian view of life sees this world in terms of heaven and hell.
What are the ramifications of this? How does it affect what we do here on earth?
It implies justice and reward for actions, accountability p. 75
SCRIPTURE TO CONSIDER
Eternity in the heart of every man
Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
Eternal reward and judgement
Psalm 37:27Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever.
Psalm 37:28For the LORD loves justice;he will not forsake his saints.They are preserved forever,but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
(the Psalms have a lot of ‘forever’)
1 John 2:17And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
Hope in the eternal home, ‘forever’ as uplifting
Psalm 136:1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
2 Corinthians 5: 1 For we know that if the tent, which is our earthly home, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling,
2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace.
Where ‘heart’ and ‘forever’ occur together in Scripture
APPLICATION
Consider how this perspective makes a difference to your mood, your outlook (eg consider the effect of Friday and Monday for those who get weekends off)
How do we bring the eternal perspective to bear on our day to day lives?
CONCLUSION
Answer q. 5
Reading for next week,: Ch 2 & 3
posted by Tulipman @ 3/25/2006 11:00:00 p.m.
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