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“Deep thinking is not my thing”

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I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.
— Psalm 119:15 (esv)

Many would argue against the practice of meditating on Scripture, or doing deep (theological) thinking, by saying “it’s not my thing” — as if it comes only by nature to some (and not to others). Puritan Thomas Manton (c. 1680) unmasks this excuse, and exhorts all believers to get it in gear.

“Many think it is an exercise that does not suit with their temper; it is a good exercise, but for those who can use it. It is true, there is a great deal of difference among Christians; some are more serious and consistent and have a greater command over their thoughts; others are of a more slight and weak spirit, and less apt for duties of retirement and recollection; but our unfitness is usually moral rather than natural; not so much by temper, as by ill use. … Partly, want [lack] of love; we pause and stay upon such objects as we delight in. Love naileth the soul to the object or thing beloved. “O how I love they law! It is my meditation all the day” (Psalm 119:97).

The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God

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In one of his most significant works, “The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God” (437 pp. P&R, 1987), Dr. John M. Frame explores our relationship with God as a knowing relationship:

“We tend to forget how often in Scripture God performs His mighty acts so that men will ‘know’ that he is Lord.”

After hearing so many people holding this book “DKG” in high esteem, and having a friend (or two) prepared to read it through with me, I have bumped it up on the reading list to one of my top spots! I am really looking forward to this — and hope to comment on the book here on The Breadline from time to time.

I welcome your comments — especially if you have read it (or want to read it with me).

Wheels up,
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[in the photo, its the book in the back, behind the even larger Doctrine of God volume by Frame!]