The undisciplined mind too easily accepts a blanket ideology that offers a “correct” response for everything. One walks through the Christian community knowing full well that an inappropriate response to a political comment, a doctrinal issue, or a matter of social policy can lose friends, a reputation, even a job. The disciplined, trained mind, however, resists the cookie-cutter approach to thought. It weighs every question and asks if Scripture speaks directly or indirectly to the matter. It weighs it in the light of history:
