Richard L. Smith (4)

Based on scripture from Genesis to Revelation, Such a Mind as This sets out to explain how the mind is important in Christian faith and encourage us to use it! The first chapters explain the Eden of setting and ideal use of our minds, the next chapters are of sin’s destruction to our intended ways of thinking. In the final portion the author considers redemption and redeeming themes within the Old Testament. From learning, and listening to repenting and obeying, and focusing on love, the fundamental use of the mind is to know God- through all these things. I appreciated the various and thorough biblical examples as well as the use of wide swathes of Scripture to illustrate the point of the importance of the mind as Christians. Though the book focuses on the Old Testament, the New Testament applications and connections are clear.  I also like that the biblical examples are also easily applicable to today and our own lives. The unfortunate issue with this book is the extensive rational and lengthy and complicated explanation of numerous passages. Perhaps this is a given when we ourselves are so complicated, further so since the fall, as Smith points out.… (altro)