Scripture: Romans 12:1-2

In this fifth installment of our Jesus Creed series, we explored what it means to love God with our intellectual life, addressing the false divide between faith and reason that permeates our culture. Drawing from Paul's call to "be transformed by the renewing of your mind" in Romans 12:1-2, we discovered that our minds are gifts from God designed to know truth, not accidents of evolution.

Key Message: Loving God with all your mind means thinking God's thoughts after Him, letting His truth transform your thinking, and using your intellectual abilities to know Him and serve others.

The message examined four crucial truths: how our minds are gifts from God designed to know truth, why mind renewal requires intentional engagement with Scripture rather than passive cultural absorption, how intellectual honesty includes both asking hard questions and accepting biblical answers, and why a renewed mind serves God by thinking biblically about every area of life—work, relationships, money, entertainment, and civic engagement.

We learned that our minds will either be conformed to worldly thinking or transformed by God's truth—there's no neutral ground. True intellectual honesty means having both the courage to wrestle with difficult questions and the humility to accept biblical answers even when they conflict with our preferences or cultural pressure.

The sermon concluded with the reminder that loving God with our minds isn't compartmentalized to theology but affects every decision we make, from how we treat colleagues to how we handle our finances to how we engage with politics and entertainment.

Perfect for: Anyone who's been told faith and reason are incompatible, believers wanting to develop biblical thinking skills, or those struggling with intellectual challenges to their faith.

Series Context: This message builds on our exploration of loving God with heart, soul, and strength while preparing for our upcoming focus on loving our neighbors as ourselves.