Within the “covenant epistemology” framework of Esther Meek (with thanks to Michael Polany), I am convinced that the most neglected and perhaps crucial step in our knowing is not the “explicit” (call it the domain of the Head Brain) but the “implicit”--what Meek calls tacit knowledge. I believe this is what the Bible would call the Heart. Though much of our energy is devoted to addressing and challenging the explicit knowledge in our heads, I fear not enough attention is give

I recently received a phone call from a contractor who did $30,000.00 worth of work in my home asking why I had not paid the outstanding balance of $700. I’ll spare the boring details other than to tell you I had never gotten a receipt from my earlier payments and, not hearing anything for twelve months, had no reason to even think I owed him money. (For the record, he was correct about it and I have paid him in full!).  This got me thinking about the importance of business/l

J.E. Rose But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God does not see  as man sees, since man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 167) What can we know about God? What can we say about Him? Well, obviously there are many things, but maybe the better question is, what can we know and say for sure? I want to focus on one particular matter of theological kn