Word of God presupposes the use of the mind. The attitude of contemporary Christians is too often the idea that what matters in the end is “not doctrine but experience.” In his chapter entitled “The Missionary Call,” Weiss leaves the Christian with the same kind of mindless experience. Much of what he says in the chapter is excellent. He urges rational responses to biblical data. But when speaking about the “particular call” for the individual, he shelves the mind and opts for the irrational, concluding
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