Full Gospel, Fractured Minds?
A Call to Use God's Gift of the Intellect
- Christian Living
- Publisher: Zondervan Academic (Zondervan)
- Published: 2005
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Publisher's Description
Do you sometimes feel you have to check your intellect at the church door, leaving reason behind to embrace the Christian faith? Do you hunger for a “full gospel” that includes the mind as well as heart and Spirit? Full Gospel, Fractured Minds? challenges charismatic and Pentecostal believers to discover the power of a well-maintained mind—a mind on fire—to match a heart on fire and to create a life that operates within the full counsel of God. Nañez shows how human reason helps us understand and interpret God’s Word as well as defend the gospel. He shows what the Bible teaches about the mind, and explores the backgrounds of nineteenth-century and modern culture, anti-intellectualism, Pentecostal history and beliefs, and popular misconceptions about human intellect in relation to the Christian faith. Full Gospel, Fractured Minds? helps men and women practice a Christian faith that reflects the whole person and the full gospel. “Rick Nañez calls Pentecostals and charismatics to seek a balance between mind and Spirit. This book will stir you to seek all that God has for you.” —From the Foreword by Stanley M. Horton, PhD
Endorsements (4)
“Endorsements for Full Gospel, Fractured Minds? by Rick M. Nañez The greatest explosive movement of any kind in history has been the expansion of the kingdom of God in the last sixty years. By some estimates, seventy percent of this expansion has come at the hands of Pentecostal, Charismatic, or Third-Wave believers. Clearly, God has honored these believers, and they have much to teach other parts of the body of Christ. That’s the good news. The bad news is that this part of Christ’s body has, sadly and unnecessarily, been anti-intellectual for far too long. This has not only hurt the health of a more Spirit-oriented fellowship, but it has prevented them from having a greater impact on their more traditional evangelical brothers and sisters. With gratitude to God, I am delighted to celebrate the publication of Full Gospel, Fractured Minds? by Rick Nañez. Standing squarely within the Pentecostal-Charismatic tradition, Nañez cannot be dismissed as an outside critic or faulted for not knowing the community he challenges. I know of no book like this. Its uniqueness lies in being a distinctively Pentecostal-Charismatic call to the life of the mind. This is must reading for all Pentecostal-Charismatic believers, and those outside this camp will gain much insight into and encouragement about their Pentecostal-Charismatic sojourners. Nañez’s book is sure to help bring about a deeper love and unity throughout the body of Christ.”
“Finally, a book long overdue but timely, given the emergence of Pentecostals and Charismatics in the theological academy! For laypersons in the pew who are a part of these movements, Nañez opens up the possibility of cultivating the life of the mind in a way that does not quench the Spirit. A must read for all first-year undergraduates at institutions that cater to Pentecostal-Charismatic constituencies.”
“It was most encouraging to read this full-blown, discerning, culturally sensitive, and bracingly Christian defense of intellectual life. The book offers exceptionally helpful commentary on the general plight of learning in modern society as well as unusually shrewd observations on the tragic consequences when churches abandon responsible intellectual effort. The book’s wisdom is heightened by the fact that its author says what needs to be said about Christian intellectual endeavor while maintaining his own Pentecostal convictions with integrity.”
“This book is a clarion call for clarity of thought as well as fullness of the Spirit among Pentecostals and Charismatics. Nañez makes a good case for the famous phrase of Bishop J. O. Patterson to Pentecostal students, “Get your learning but keep your burning.”
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