Full gospel, fractured minds? : a call to use God's gift of the intellect
Rick Nañez outlines the anti-intellectual pattern that has been a part of the Pentecostal-Charismatic movement and demonstrates the God-given responsibility all believers have to use their minds to understand and defend the Bible as God’s Word.
Print Book, English, 2006
Zondervan ; Hi Marketing [distributor], Grand Rapids, Mich., Enfield, 2006
272 pages ; 23 cm
9780310263081, 0310263085
1063937246
ContentsForeword by Stanley M. Horton 7Acknowledgments 9Introduction 13PART 1ANATOMY OF THE FRACTURED MIND1. The Heart and the Head: What the Bible Teaches about the Mind 192. The Life of God in the Minds of Human Beings 283. The Apostle Paul and His Anti-Intellectual Verses 374. Matthew, Luke, and John on Matters of the Intellect 475. Early Pentecostals and the Life of the Mind 586. The Spirit-Filled Mind in Modern Times 737. Anti-Intellectual Roots in the Nineteenth Century 898. Four Giants of Nineteenth-Century Evangelicalism 999. Modern Culture, Anti-Intellectualism, and Pentecostal – Charismatic Beliefs 11210. The Anatomy of Anti-Intellectualism 124PART 2AMMUNITION FOR THE FULL-GOSPEL MIND11. The Fine Art of Thinking: Reason and Logic 13512. The Molding of the Human Mind: Education 14413. Defi ning the Faith: Theology 15414. Defending the Truth: Apologetics 16315. Thinking about Reality: Philosophy 17216. Discovering the Realities of Nature: Science 18417. Enlarging the Mind: Reading 19618. Pondering the Great Minds of God 20819. Challenges and Caveats 22020. Conclusion and Practical Helps 227Selected Bibliography 237Scripture Index 253Subject Index 257Name Index 263