The Right Mentality

To quote Francis Schaeffer:

"Do not minimize the fact that in reading the Bible we are living in a mentality that is the right one, opposed to the great wall of this other mentality that is forced upon us on every side - in education, in literature, in the arts, and in the mass media."1

What a truth.  We often don't perceive the massive effect that the "other mentality" has upon us.  Only recently have I realised just how much I was sucked into the education system of the UK - learning to pass exams, not learning to think.  Having come out of it, I find it not at all surprising that the education system is failing so many.  The current trend is to blame the lack of understanding teachers have for different people's 'learning styles' - but that has little effect in a system that teaches us to scrape through, instead of teaching us to think.  

I have great admiration for teachers who teach people to think.  I don't remember much of the politics that David O'Dell taught me during my A-Level politics course.  But I do remember that he began to teach me to think.

On another level, it excites me that I have friends that are passionate about the arts - and are seeking to have an influence upon the world of art.  Sticking true to God and his revealed Word, they are not afraid to make the hard choices over their art, knowing that God will provide.  That is exciting, that is inspiring.

1  Schaeffer, Francis A., He Is There and He Is Not Silent, Illinois, Tyndale, 2001.