Who is more spiritual, the one who reads and prays continually while self containing their spirituality, or the one who acts and serves but never steps aside for internal reflection?
It is interesting to compare the Hebrew approach to education Jesus utilized vs. the Hellenistic world he, and we, operate under. The Hebrew way starts with instructing actions and assumes knowledge will follow. The Hellenistic way starts with imparting knowledge and assumes that actions will follow. Alan Hirsch illustrates it like this…
If we had the opportunity to get one right and have to hope that the other would follow, I’d like start with the actions and leave knowledge as the hoped for tag along. Switching over to Hebrew approaches would really mess up the organizational structures of our churches and universities – smaller mentor based systems would probably take the place of the larger lecture base we now operate under. You can read more on this from Alan here.
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1cor13 // February 26, 2008 at 4:17 pm |
Hello,
I’m looking for some assistance in relation to this topic.
Does anyone know where the source of this quote came from, “We don’t think our way to right action, we act our way to right thinking?” I’m doing some research and this quote is not coming up anywhere. I would greatly appreciate your help?
Oh and as far as whats right and whats wrong it depends on the individual. Alinging my thoughts with my actions will produce a more favorable result then one without the other. However it is possible to unite the mind and body by living the word.
Thank you
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Jamie
brian hofmeister // February 27, 2008 at 9:26 am |
Hi Jamie,
I do not know the original source for the quote – “We don’t think our way to right action, we act our way to right thinking,” but I’d sure like to know if you find out. I have a feeling that enough people arrived at this concept around the same time that it became more of common catchphrase or saying, rather than a direct quote.
Good luck on your research!