Discipleship verse of the week - Second Timothy 3:16 - 17

Scripture is God breathed, and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training so that the man of God is thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Heralding (the condemned art of) introspection

Josh Allen hit a nerve with his post, The Curse of Objectivity. He addresses the fact that subjective thought is discouraged in the scientific community. He balances his observation with the merits of objective thought, but concludes that subjective thought has essentially been thrown out and that is not good.

So go read his post, you'll get more out of it than anything I might say here! Then consider how objective only thought has foisted itself upon you. Also consider the similarities between objective-only thought, and naturalism or humanism.

As a simple analogy I might consider objective thought my eyes and subjective thought my ears. If I am deaf I can still function, but am limited. If I am standing on train tracks I can only see one direction at a time. With ears I can be looking one way and still be aware of a train rumbling down the tracks behind me. I can then turn my eyes to see the source of the noise, and step aside before it is too late. Subjective thought is similar, it wells up inside of us and speaks of something we cannot see, or even easily express. Without it we are as deaf people, unaware of the screaming sounds of the city, or the roar of a train barreling right at us. Unaware of the wind rustling through the trees, or cicadas singing their mating song.

Discipleship verse of the week - Psalm 1:1 - 3

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but he delights in the law of the Lord and in His law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth fruit in its season, whose leaves shall not whither. And whatever he does shall prosper.