As Christians, we have to understand that the bottom line is that the scriptures have the strong assumption that inherent in our humanity is the ability to think.

Over the past few decades,

over the past few decades, the evangelical church has increasingly emphasized the heart and feelings in the Christian life,

viewing thinking, study and doctrine as cold as almost antithetical to a relationship with Jesus.

But it was Jesus who told us in Matthew 22

to love the Lord your God with all your heart, yes, but also with all of your soul and with all of your mind.

And our minds and thinking will be the theme this week on renewing your mind. Welcome to the Monday edition and all week you'll hear

messages from R.C. Sproll's series Think Like a Christian. This series is

actually 12 messages and Dr Sprawl explores the important role of critical

thinking in the life of a Christian.

When you give a donation of any amount at renewing your mind dot org or when you call us at 800

435 4343 will give you lifetime digital access to this 12 message series

plus we'll send you Dr Sproll's book The Consequences of Ideas,

which will give you an overview of the ideas and thinking that have shaped the Western world.

So what is thinking and what is the mind? Here's Dr. Sprawl.

Today on renewing your mind, we're going to begin a new short series that's directly related to the title of this program, renewing your mind.

We're going to be looking at what it means to have a Christian mind and exploring ways

in which the mind is intimately involved in the Christian life.

Now to start, I would just like to relate the experience I had just the other day as I was eating a meal and I had some watermelon

on my plate.

And I was thinking deeply about the significance of this watermelon because I happen to be on this new zone diet program that seeks to balance proteins, fats, and carbohydrates in the

biochemical structure of eating habits and so on and so I was thinking about

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