Embodied Discernment: Learning to Discern with Our Minds, Hearts, and Actions

Does this sound like you?

If discernment is a spiritual gift, you’ve got it. You never turn off your discerning brain—it’s always engaged and evaluating the words you read, hear, and sing. You have a stack of theology books on your desk and a tattered, marked up Bible. Whenever a theology question comes up during Bible study, all heads turn to you. Biblical literacy, systematic theology, and discernment are your oxygen. You no longer fall prey to false teaching—that may have happened in the past, but now there’s a fire burning deep within you that will never let you be deceived again. 

I’ve been that woman. And sadly, I was misled by false teaching again. Where I went wrong is that my discernment only engaged my mind. (And if you’re like me, maybe you’ve gone wrong in this way too.) 

Why is this a problem? Doesn’t discernment only require logic and study?

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