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Week 27 – July 5, 2026 through July 11, 2026
This Week:
Brothers,
Every day, someone is trying to tell us what to think, what to value, and what to chase. Screens, news, expectations at work, even the stories we tell ourselves about success and failure all quietly shape the way we see the world. This week’s focus puts its finger right on that pressure: “Lord, do not let me be conformed to this world, but transform me by the renewal of my mind.” (Romans 12:2) The world is not neutral. It is actively trying to press us into its mold, but our Father delights to reshape us into the likeness of His Son.
Renewing the mind is not about trying harder to be positive or religious; it is about letting God’s Word and Spirit retrain what we love, how we judge what is good, and where we look for hope. The culture tells us to fit in, to keep our convictions quiet, and to treat sin as entertainment. Christ calls us to think differently about everything from our habits and humor to our money and marriages. This week’s meditation asks a simple but searching question: “Where do you feel the greatest pressure to conform to culture rather than Christ?” That is often the very place God is inviting you to experience deeper transformation.
As you read and pray this week, don’t rush past that question. Sit with it. Invite the Lord to shine light on the patterns in your thinking that have started to look more like the world and less like His Word. Remember, He is not just commanding us to renew our minds; He is promising to do the transforming work as we present ourselves to Him and soak in His mercies. (Romans 12:1–2) My prayer is that, together, we grow into men whose minds are increasingly anchored in truth, resistant to the world’s mold, and receptive to the quiet, powerful work of the Spirit.
Prayer:
Lord, do not let me be conformed to this world, but transform me by the renewal of my mind. (Romans 12:2)
Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Meditation:
The world tries to press you into its mold. Where do you feel the greatest pressure to conform to culture rather than Christ?
Quote:
“… the renewing of the mind is necessary; otherwise our corrupt nature will fascinate our eyes that they may not see, or if they see, will turn our hearts and wills, that they may not approve.” (John Calvin, Commentary on Romans 12:2).
Events:
Wednesday – July 8, 2026
- July Summer Classes Start
- Dinner at 6:00 pm
- Classes start at 7:00 pm
Thursday – July 9, 2026
- No study (officially)
Saturday – July 11, 2026
Morning Bible Study – 7am
- This week we are continue the study of Leviticus. We’re covering Chapter 23.
- Study Guide “Week 15 – Appointed Feasts”.
Book Recommendation:
The Christian Mind: How Should a Christian Think? by Harry Blamires
Harry Blamires’s The Christian Mind: How Should a Christian Think? argues that while Christians still possess a recognizable ethic, spirituality, and practice, they have largely surrendered their thinking to the assumptions of secular culture. The book’s central claim is that there is “no longer a Christian mind,” meaning that believers often think like secular people about politics, education, culture, and public life, reserving their faith for private devotion and church activities.
In the first part, Blamires diagnoses what he calls “the mental secularization of Christians,” describing how modern education, media, and social pressures teach Christians to interpret the world without reference to God, Scripture, or the great doctrines of the faith. He insists that the issue is not whether a topic is “religious” or “secular” but whether we approach it with Christian presuppositions—creation, fall, redemption, judgment—or with secular ones like autonomy, relativism, and materialism.
The second part sets out six marks of a recovered Christian mind: a supernatural orientation (seeing time and history within eternity), awareness of evil (taking sin seriously), a unified and concrete conception of truth (truth as revealed and objective, not self‑made), acceptance of authority (especially Scripture), concern for the person (people as image‑bearers, not units), and a sacramental outlook (recognizing God’s presence and purpose in the whole of life). Blamires argues that these marks together form a coherent framework that allows Christians to think Christianly about every sphere of life, from art and literature to politics and economics.
First published in 1963, the book has been repeatedly described as short, penetrating, and remarkably relevant, with modern reviewers noting that its critique of a secularized church and its call to cultivate a distinctly Christian way of thinking may be even more urgent today.[
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