The contemporary Christian mind is starved, and as a result we have small, impoverished souls.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that a lack of intellectual engagement in contemporary Christianity leads to spiritual poverty.
J.P. Moreland argues that the modern Christian community has neglected critical thinking and deeper theological exploration, resulting in individuals who may feel spiritually unfulfilled or 'impoverished.' He implies that a robust intellectual foundation is crucial for developing a rich and vibrant spiritual life.
In practice
During a sermon on the importance of intellectual engagement in faith.
People have been predicting the death of philosophy since the 17th century. When I was a student, people were saying, 'We're in the last days of philosophy.' Then we were told in the '60s it would be replaced by sociology, then by literary criticism.
To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his will in the kingdom.
This [a state militia system] appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it, if it should exist.
Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups within a society who have different views about how the society is to run.
Mass communication--wonder as it may be technologically and something to be appreciated and valued--presents us wit a serious daner, the danger of conformism, due to the fact that we all view the same things at the same time in all the cities of the country. (p. 73)
All perfection is there already in the soul. But this perfection has been covered up by nature; layer after layer of nature is covering this purity of the soul.
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