As with every aspect of our sanctification, the renewal of the mind may be painful and difficult. It requires hard work and discipline, inspired by a sacrificial love for Christ and a burning desire to build up His body, the Church. Developing a Christian worldview means submitting our entire self to God, in an act of devotion and service to Him.

No matter how much you like your local school teacher, he or she is a government agent.

Americans have grown impatient with the relentless politicizing of every area of life.

Public education grants secular worldviews an exclusive monopoly in the classroom.

Yet church youth groups rarely teach apologetics, majoring instead on games and goodies.

The first step in conforming our intellect to God's truth is to die to our vanity, pride, and craving for respect from colleagues and the public. We must let go of the worldly motivations that drive us, praying to be motivated solely by a genuine desire to submit our minds to God's Word - and then to use that knowledge in service to others.

To be intellectual does not require one to be alienated and oppositional.