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PotOnWheel
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Posted 8/3/2004 10:14 AM (GMT -6)

What is your primary orgain for "doing" theologY: your head or your heart?

John Earp
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Posted 8/3/2004 10:20 AM (GMT -6)

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Originally posted by PotOnWheel

What is your primary orgain for "doing" theologY: your head or your heart?

I submit that this is an unscriptural dichotomy to begin with. The Hebrew concept of "heart" encompasses the whole person; it is the center of one's being.

"The Discovery of new truth will modify old views and opinions, and there is perhaps no end to this process with finite minds in any world." Charles G. Finney, Systematic Theology.

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PotOnWheel
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Posted 8/3/2004 11:24 AM (GMT -6)

John Earp: I submit that this is an unscriptural dichotomy to begin with. The Hebrew concept of "heart" encompasses the whole person; it is the center of one's being.

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That's the best answer possible, John.

Sahid
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Posted 8/3/2004 11:32 AM (GMT -6)

I agree, but would like to point out that using your "heart" without your "head" is very unwise. "Count the cost." "Come let us reason together." "Wisdom cries out."

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John Earp
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Posted 8/3/2004 12:05 PM (GMT -6)

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Originally posted by Sahid

I agree, but would like to point out that using your "heart" without your "head" is very unwise. "Count the cost." "Come let us reason together." "Wisdom cries out."

Amen. I would also add that the heart of man is defnitely much more than his emotions. Based on the scriptural Hebraic concept of "heart," it seems to me that any dichotomy between the head and heart is misguided. I believe the heart/mind/will/spirit of a person simply cannot be separated in a logically or scripturally consistent manner.

Asher
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Posted 8/3/2004 12:52 PM (GMT -6)

Hi,

Have any of you read Dallas Willard's "Renovation of the Heart"
Very good. Balanced view.

John Earp
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Posted 8/3/2004 1:37 PM (GMT -6)

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Originally posted by Asher

Hi,

Have any of you read Dallas Willard's "Renovation of the Heart"
Very good. Balanced view.

No, but what I have read of Willard's stuff has been excellent. His essay, "Jesus the Logician" is powerful.

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