• Church,  Harry Blamires,  Ministry

    Thinking Christianly About Ministry

    In the second chapter of the book, The Christian Mind, Harry Blamires distinguishes between two kinds of thinking – Christian and secular. To think secularly “is to think within a frame of reference bounded by the limits of our life on earth,”  whereas to think Christianly, “is to accept all things with the mind as related, directly or indirectly, to man’s eternal destiny as the redeemed and chosen child of God.” It is possible, Blamires argues, that one might think secularly about Christian matters, such as the unity of the church, and Christianly about secular matters such as the cost of gas. Indeed, Blamires argues that there is nothing that cannot be thought about…