Hey guys, my name is Johnny Artivantis and this is Dialin. Happy New Year to you guys. I'm excited and looking forward to what God has in store for us in 2020. You know, so many people have different resolutions as they begin the year. And much of those resolutions for the Christian has to do with a consistent and steady Bible reading plan in order that they might have an exalted view of Christ

and a deeper commitment to the Word of God. And much of that has to do with the reality that our

minds are renewed through Scripture. And in this episode, I sit down with Professor Grant Horner,

who has played an instrumental role in my life through his Bible

reading plan, the Horner Bible reading plan, and I ask him, how can we renew our minds?

Let's dial in.

Well, Professor Horner, thanks for sitting down again.

You know, as I think about the Christian life, we're saved, but we're not instantaneously

changed.

So much of the Christian life has to do with changing our behavior, but not just our behavior,

more importantly, changing and transforming our affections.

But the question is, how can we transform our affections, but the question is,

how can we transform our affections? How do we actually love doing righteousness and hate sin?

It's not just stay away from sin, stay away. No, no, no, no. There should be, as Jonathan Edwards

talks about, a transformation of our affection so that we love to do what Christ has commanded.

And much of that has to do with the renewing of our mind. And as I think about your life and even what you've done with the Bible reading plan

that has impacted my life, I think so much about what it means to have our minds renewed.

Can you explain that to us? What does it mean to have our mind renewed?

Why is it necessary?

And how does that even

interact with your own story and testimony? Sure. Well, you know, when I was a believer, I mean,

I was converted in the dorm room alone. I'd never really heard the gospel with any clarity. I had

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