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    Jonathan Morrow

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    A Prayer for Thinking Christianly

    Thinking Christianly is not a one time decision. It is a way of life or a habit to be cultivated. There are a lot of verses that we could look at (e.g., Romans 12:1-2), but I just want to point to a prayer that you and I can pray that will help us to grow in our ability to Think Christianly. It comes from Psalm 27:11.

    “Teach me how to live, O Lord, lead me along the right path…” (NLT)

    The great thing about this verse is that it puts us in a posture to learn and grow. We don’t know how to live…really. Life is complicated. We need God to show us. This is the first step in thinking Christianly. And though it seems like a small step; it is absolutely essential. Try praying this prayer to God each day this week and see what happens.

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    The Eternal Kind of Life Now

    It is easy to get fixated on big issues like Expelled fall out and politics (both very important for Christ followers to engage and have significant impact on a Christian worldview). But today, I wanted to take a deep breath and go a different direction.
    “And this is the way to have eternal life–to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.” – John 17:3 (NLT)

    Eternal Life. It is not something that happens when you die (though that is a part of the picture). It is in the here and now. And it is about knowing Jesus Christ and God the father by means of the Spirit. As I struggle and journey through this life, I need to remember this. This is where life is found. And we learn how to live life by being an apprentice of Jesus. One of my favorite writers and thinkers is Dallas Willard. In The Divine Conspiracy, he puts it like this:

    “To counteract this [i.e., gospel of sin management or just going to heaven when I die] we must develop a straightforward presentation, in word and life, of the reality of life now under God’s rule. through reliance upon the word and person of Jesus. In this way we can naturally become his students and apprentices. We can learn from him how to live our lives as he would live them if he were we. We can enter this eternal kind of life now.”
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    The Numbers Are in for Expelled: $3.2 million

    You can just feel the heat from the Internet reviews of Expelled. 😉 The New York Times review completely missed the point and reads as if it were written without even seeing the film. That said, how did Ben Stein’s Expelled do on opening weekend? It finished 9th in the box office this weekend bringing in 3.2 million and opening in 1052 theatres.

    Other interesting thoughts from the uncommon decent blog here on Expelled.