As we have seen, Scripture warns repeatedly of separating knowledge from the love of God and neighbor. But that is not because knowledge is bad. It’s because knowledge, like all powerful and good ...

While putting together a book of readings recently, I ran across some old questions that have occupied scholars, theologians, believers, and probably even atheists over the centuries. Do we have a ...

Our hearts and souls can’t fulfill the Great Commandment without our minds. Jesus was once asked to identify the greatest and most important thing for followers of God to do (Matt. 22:36–37). His ...

They are leading the way through hard work and sophisticated knowledge. All of us, especially Christians, should be supporting the gaining of knowledge as best we can, because we don’t worship any god ...

Knowledge of this world is antipodal to God’s knowledge; while worldly knowledge provides information, transformation is the exclusive right of the Word of God (John 1:3; Colossians 1:16-17 cf Gen.

The Apostle Peter exhorted believers to “make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge, and to knowledge, self control” (2 Peter 1:6). The word “knowledge” is used ...

I once attended a seminar on “vocation” delivered by a Benedictine monk. He recounted how, if someone bounced up to him with a beaming smile and declared, “I am convinced God has called me to be a ...

as all humans are made in God’s image, they have an inbuilt capacity and desire to know God, including: human openness to beauty and goodness as aspects of God human intellectual ability to reflect on ...