3 Occasions to Take Every Thought Captive

3 Occasions to Take Every Thought Captive – “We often can’t control what thoughts come into our minds. We can, however, control what happens next.”

5 Questions to Help Change Unwanted Thoughts

5 Questions to Help Change Unwanted Thoughts – “We have to consider how our stories, relationships, emotions, and bodies influence our thought patterns as well. Here are five questions to help you explore your unwanted thoughts.”

How to Battle Theological Confirmation Bias

How to Battle Theological Confirmation Bias – “Confirmation bias is the basic human tendency to search for evidence that supports personal beliefs and to overlook contradictory claims.”

Battle of Our Minds

Battle of Our Minds – “How do we challenge our thinking and take our thoughts captive? Here are a few suggestions.”

The Forgotten Virtue You Can’t Do Without

The Forgotten Virtue You Can’t Do Without – “Prudence is to doing justice what insight and steady hands are to doing surgery.”

Mind Inventory

Mind Inventory – “What if we had a ‘Mindtime’ app which sent a notification at the end of each week graphing out the various categories of thoughts which occupied our minds? What would it reveal?”

Think About Such Things: Whatever Is Excellent

Think About Such Things: Whatever Is Excellent – “The excellence Paul has in mind, and wants us to have in our minds, is one of ‘moral excellence.’”

Think About Such Things: Whatever Is Commendable

Think About Such Things: Whatever Is Commendable – “Paul urges us to think about the commendable—those things that are admirable and deserving of praise. It’s not an encouragement toward shallow positive thinking. It’s an invitation to worship God, to find evidence of his nature and his redemptive work in a fallen world.”

 

Think About Such Things: Whatever Is Just

Think About Such Things: Whatever Is Just – “God’s justice will bring about far more than fairness, or reward. It will bring about a new heavens and a new earth. My world is tiny, but the Scriptures give a cosmic perspective.”

Think About Such Things: Whatever Is Honorable

Think About Such Things: Whatever Is Honorable – “The biblical measure of what is honorable is that which is honorable to God.”