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…
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A Mind for Eternity
In the movie, The Grey, several men survive a plane crash in a remote part of Alaska. The story charts their attempt to escape a pack of ravenous wolves through inhospitable land. In one scene the men talk of what keeps them going, what motivates them. All that they said was good enough–family, love, another chance at life–but all of it was this world focused. In The Christian Mind by Harry Blamires, Blamires reminds Christians that an essential difference between the secular mind and the Christian mind is that the Christian sees life in eternal and spiritual terms. Our frame of reference is not merely this worldly. It is not that the Christian doesn’t…