Virtuous Minds by Philip E. Dow explains to us what it means to pursue truth and think virtuously. Dow goes through all the many intellectual virtues that we need as people. Virtues are important in our faith, because they help keep us on track. We need to strive after keeping intellectual virtues of courage, carefulness, tenacity, fair-mindedness, curiosity, honesty, and most importantly humility. He shows us the benefits of knowing more about more and of better thinking while showing us how to love God and love our neighbors. He also gives us steps to follow and suggestions for educators to help us.
Dow explains to us what intellectual courage is and why it is so important. We must strive to have intellectual actions, thinking before we …show more content…
Being fair-minded is not the same as being completely open, because more often than not that is when you get hurt. When people go away from being fair-minded, they fall away from truth. But those who are fair-minded desperately want to know truth. When we stop believing in truth the virtue of fair-mindedness morphs into meaninglessness.” (Dow, 48) People need to be fair-minded, putting truth above their opinions and be in pursuit of learning.
Intellectual curiosity can change lives, especially when it is faith inspired. People who are intellectually curious, desire to know truth and ask questions, because they realize that without curiosity we will never grow in our understanding of anything. Intellectual curiosity is an easier virtue to develop, because our world is wired to be curious. But unbridled curiosity can do much harm, so we must be careful in where our curiosity leads us …show more content…
By loving God, we will strive to obtain these virtues. We are to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, so everything we do and every way we use our intellectual gifts, so bring honor to God. When we turn our eyes from ourselves and to God, we start to grow intellectually. There is a link between worship and knowledge., worship is far more than knowledge of God, it is relational. As intellectually virtuous Christians, we will be easily threatened in our faith, but coming out of that and rising up, we will bring honor to God.
The second greatest commandment is the Bible is “Love your neighbor as yourself.” By loving our neighbor, we will learn to love God more. Our intellectual character should help us to love others, and make wise decisions. If we pursue truth, we will have the ability to love others, and love them to the fullest. Pursuing truth and loving others, builds trust and can lead to great breakthroughs in life and in
Dow explains to us what intellectual courage is and why it is so important. We must strive to have intellectual actions, thinking before we …show more content…
Being fair-minded is not the same as being completely open, because more often than not that is when you get hurt. When people go away from being fair-minded, they fall away from truth. But those who are fair-minded desperately want to know truth. When we stop believing in truth the virtue of fair-mindedness morphs into meaninglessness.” (Dow, 48) People need to be fair-minded, putting truth above their opinions and be in pursuit of learning.
Intellectual curiosity can change lives, especially when it is faith inspired. People who are intellectually curious, desire to know truth and ask questions, because they realize that without curiosity we will never grow in our understanding of anything. Intellectual curiosity is an easier virtue to develop, because our world is wired to be curious. But unbridled curiosity can do much harm, so we must be careful in where our curiosity leads us …show more content…
By loving God, we will strive to obtain these virtues. We are to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, so everything we do and every way we use our intellectual gifts, so bring honor to God. When we turn our eyes from ourselves and to God, we start to grow intellectually. There is a link between worship and knowledge., worship is far more than knowledge of God, it is relational. As intellectually virtuous Christians, we will be easily threatened in our faith, but coming out of that and rising up, we will bring honor to God.
The second greatest commandment is the Bible is “Love your neighbor as yourself.” By loving our neighbor, we will learn to love God more. Our intellectual character should help us to love others, and make wise decisions. If we pursue truth, we will have the ability to love others, and love them to the fullest. Pursuing truth and loving others, builds trust and can lead to great breakthroughs in life and in