Now from the biblical perspective, it becomes very clear how important thinking is.

And that is precisely what Paul is calling for in this verse.

He is saying, you've got to learn how to think on the right things.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

From the time you wake each day, you make countless observations, arrive at logical conclusions

and act accordingly.

But what if anything does the ability to reason like that have to do with your Christian faith?

Find out today as John continues his series, Seven Steps to Spiritual Stability.

But before today's lesson, John, you have a few thoughts for some friends of ours who

share our passion for the unvarnished Word of God and who did something extraordinary to help

keep the teaching of God's Word available on radio stations like this in the coming year.

Yeah, and what we mean by that is when we came back a few days ago to Grace to You and

saw the mountain of mail and began to pour over it and read the letters and open the envelopes.

I can say this, the outpouring of support for this ministry was beyond generous.

It was thrilling.

We know it was sacrificial.

And obviously, year end giving is a significant portion of our annual budget and it enables

us to do what we do through radio books, CDs, the internet and television.

And all of those ministries are a reflection of people's generosity to us.

It's really simple. We teach the Bible.

And we have about 60 to 70 employees who enable us to produce the radio, the television,

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