" Love Jehovah With Your Whole Mind "

The Bible does not discourage the use of the mind.

In fact, Jesus encouraged us to ' love Jehovah with our whole mind.{ Mark 12:30 }

His ministry shows he had a keen interest in current events.
{ Luke 13:1-5 }

Biology.. { Matthew 6:26 , 28 } { Mark,7: 18,19}

Agriculture { Matthew 13:31,32 }

and Human Nature.. { Matthew 5:28; 6:22-24}

His illustrations indicate that he clearly understood the priniciples in God's Word and the background and thinking of
his listeners and that he thought carefully about how to bring the two together.

Paul entreated all Christians to render their service to God with their "power of reason " .
{ Romans 12:1 }

He incouraged the Thessalonians not to let misleading ' inspired expressions shake them from their reason. '
{ 2 Thessalonians 2:2 }

He had some knowledge of Greek and Creaton poetry..
{ Acts 17:28 } { Titus 1:12 }

and military equipment and proccedures..
{ Ephesians 6:14-17 } { 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 }

and he was observant of local customs..
{ Acts 17:22,23 }

Although Jesus and Paul enjoyed so much freedom of thought,
they did not view themselves as the sole authority on right and wrong.

Rather then reject the Bible in favor of his own reasoning,
Jesus repeatedly quoted from the Scriptures...

His swift and severe reply when Peter urged him to consider a course different from the sacrificial death that was God's will for him
shows that he would not even contemplate that line of thinking .
{ Matthew 16:22 , 23 }