Teachable spirit

The lesson, “Peter: Openness” stresses receptivity to new ways of thinking. These new insights, or truths come thru Bible study, sermons, hymns, prayer, etc.

A concern I have about the lesson is that members don’t misunderstand it to imply that Christians should be open to New Age thinking, post-modern philosophy, or any other anti-biblical worldview.

Rolling around in my head is the idea that we should all have a teachable spirit. Another article on “teachable spirit” uses a sailboat illustration, which I might use. Here is a quote:

“I have heard the setting of the sail on a sailboat is called the “attitude” of the sail. The same wind can cause a sailboat to go in different directions. It is the attitude of a teachable spirit that will enable us to go in a right direction.”