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I recently updated the tag line under the Truth-In-Sight blog title.    The reason was to make sure the purpose of this blog is plain and clear to its current and future readers.   In using the phrase “think Christianly,” I thought I should take a moment to explain that further.

Yourdictionary.com gives this definition of the word “Christian:”

  1. of Jesus Christ or his teachings
  2. of or professing the religion based on these teachings
  3. having the qualities demonstrated and taught by Jesus Christ, as love, kindness, humility, etc.
  4. of or representing Christians or Christianity

For all you grammar freaks out there, “think” is the verb in the phrase and “Christianly” is the adverb.  The definition above relates to using the word “Christian” as an adjective, which describes a noun.   In our case, the definitions are the same but describe a verb, which is to “think.”

Since all people (who are not in a brain-dead state) think, those who profess to follow Jesus Christ as born-again believers have an extra responsibility.   That is to train their minds to think Christianly, “having the qualities demonstrated and taught by Jesus Christ, as love, kindness, humility, etc.”   This does not come naturally; we must work at it.

1 Cor. 14:20 states, “Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.” (NIV)   Just as our minds grow with knowledge as we age in years, so does our spiritual minds grow in faith and maturity the longer we walk with the Lord.   We take in His truths, meditate on them, and practice them in our lives.   In an ideal world, all Christians would be actively pursuing such a process.   However, we all at times tend to get weighed down with the cares of the world and with how busy life seems to get.   This is when the world begins to influence Christians much more than Christians are influencing the world.

I hope to use this blog as a positive and informative resource for Christians and truth-seekers.   Please engage myself and each other with your helpful comments.   I welcome you to join the discussion.