intellectual pursuits. Men and women in my church told of young men in the 1970s during the Jesus Movement who were on fire for God until they went to seminary, cooled off, and became overly intellectual and no longer effective preachers. More than the details or even the essential outlines of Schaeffer’s critique, what stood out for me was that he took ideas seriously and conveyed the message that loving God with one’s mind meant studying the world God created. This was breathtaking in its implications
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