less than human beings. Scripture forbids us to behave like horses or mules which have “no understanding” and commands us instead in our understanding to be “adults” (Psalm 32:9; 1 Corinthians 14:20). Indeed, we are constantly told in the Bible that every aspect of the Christian life is impossible without the Christian use of our minds. (I have developed this theme of the Christian use of the mind in Your Mind Matters.) Let me take one example, the exercise of faith. Many imagine that faith is entirely