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Do you sometimes feel you have to check your intellect at the church door, leaving reason behind to embrace the Christian faith? Do you hunger for a "full gospel" that includes the mind as well as heart and Spirit? Full Gospel, Fractured Minds? challenges charismatic and Pentecostal believers to discover the power of a well-maintained mind--a mind on fire--to match a heart on fire and to create a life that operates within the full counsel of God .Nä¿ez shows how human reason helps us understand and interpret God's Word as well as defend the gospel. He shows what the Bible teaches about the mind, and explores the backgrounds of nineteenth-century and modern culture, anti-intellectualism, Pentecostal history and beliefs, and popular misconceptions about human intellect in relation to the Christian faith. Full Gospel, Fractured Minds? helps men and women practice a Christian faith that reflects the whole person and the full gospel. "Rick Nä¿ez calls Pentecostals and charismatics to seek a balance between mind and Spirit. This book will stir you to seek all that God has for you."--From the Foreword by Stanley M. Horton, PhD
List of contents
Contents
Foreword by Stanley M. Horton 7
Acknowledgments 9
Introduction 13
PART 1
ANATOMY OF THE FRACTURED MIND
1. The Heart and the Head: What the Bible Teaches about the Mind 19
2. The Life of God in the Minds of Human Beings 28
3. The Apostle Paul and His Anti-Intellectual Verses 37
4. Matthew, Luke, and John on Matters of the Intellect 47
5. Early Pentecostals and the Life of the Mind 58
6. The Spirit-Filled Mind in Modern Times 73
7. Anti-Intellectual Roots in the Nineteenth Century 89
8. Four Giants of Nineteenth-Century Evangelicalism 99
9. Modern Culture, Anti-Intellectualism, and Pentecostal – Charismatic Beliefs 112
10. The Anatomy of Anti-Intellectualism 124
PART 2
AMMUNITION FOR THE FULL-GOSPEL MIND
11. The Fine Art of Thinking: Reason and Logic 135
12. The Molding of the Human Mind: Education 144
13. Defi ning the Faith: Theology 154
14. Defending the Truth: Apologetics 163
15. Thinking about Reality: Philosophy 172
16. Discovering the Realities of Nature: Science 184
17. Enlarging the Mind: Reading 196
18. Pondering the Great Minds of God 208
19. Challenges and Caveats 220
20. Conclusion and Practical Helps 227
Selected Bibliography 237
Scripture Index 253
Subject Index 257
Name Index 263
About the author
Rick Nañez has (MA, Luther Rice Seminary) and has done doctoral work at Trinity Evangelical Seminary in Newburg, Indiana. In twenty years of pastoral service, he has ministered in a suburban, a Native-American, and an African-American Church. He has held credentials with the Assemblies of God since 1987, and has traveled to twenty-eight countries. He has taught on the importance of the 'life of the mind' on four continents and is currently an appointed missionary to Quito, Ecuador. He has been married to Renee for nineteen years and they have two boys, Joseph and Christopher.
Summary
Do you sometimes feel you have to check your intellect at the church door, leaving reason behind to embrace the Christian faith? Do you hunger for a “full gospel” that includes the mind as well as heart and Spirit? Full Gospel, Fractured Minds? challenges charismatic and Pentecostal believers to discover the power of a well-maintained mind—a mind on fire—to match a heart on fire and to create a life that operates within the full counsel of God .Nañez shows how human reason helps us understand and interpret God’s Word as well as defend the gospel. He shows what the Bible teaches about the mind, and explores the backgrounds of nineteenth-century and modern culture, anti-intellectualism, Pentecostal history and beliefs, and popular misconceptions about human intellect in relation to the Christian faith. Full Gospel, Fractured Minds? helps men and women practice a Christian faith that reflects the whole person and the full gospel. “Rick Nañez calls Pentecostals and charismatics to seek a balance between mind and Spirit. This book will stir you to seek all that God has for you.”—From the Foreword by Stanley M. Horton, PhD
