Gene Edward Veith, Jr.

September 11, 2018Written by Rick Shrader

Gene Edward Veith, Jr. on Church

“Modern-day Christians often prefer to meet with people just like themselves in informal settings, disdaining the institutional Church. This can be a dangerous mistake. The best safeguard against elitism, which is a sure mark of worldliness, is intense involvement in the local church.”

Gene Edward Veith, Jr., Loving God with all Your Mind, p106.

Source: Loving God with all Your Mind

I have always enjoyed reading Gene Veith. He was the first to introduce me to postmodernism back in the early 90s. Somewhere along the line I missed this 1987, 2003 book. The sub-title is: Thinking as a Christian in the Postmodern World. Veith use …

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