The contemporary Christian mind is starved, and as a result we have small, impoverished souls.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that a lack of intellectual engagement in contemporary Christianity leads to spiritual poverty.
J.P. Moreland argues that the modern Christian community has neglected critical thinking and deeper theological exploration, resulting in individuals who may feel spiritually unfulfilled or 'impoverished.' He implies that a robust intellectual foundation is crucial for developing a rich and vibrant spiritual life.
In practice
During a sermon on the importance of intellectual engagement in faith.
Society today is being fragmented by a way of thinking that is inherently short-sighted because it disregards the full horizon of truth - the truth about God and about us. By its nature, relativism fails to see the whole picture. It ignores the very principles that enable us to live and flourish in unity, order and harmony.
The older I get the more I'm convinced that it's the purpose of politicians and journalists to say the world is very simple, whereas it's the purpose of historians to say, 'No! It's very complicated.' _x000D_ _x000D_ The job of the historian is to help give people a sense of existence in time, without which we are really not fully human.
We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours.
One crime has to be concealed by another.
If Christianity is really true, then it involves the whole man, including his intellect and creativeness. Christianity is not just 'dogmatically' true or 'doctrinally' true. Rather, it is true to what is there, true in the whole area of the whole man in all of life.
To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.
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