Double-Mindedness
Definition
The attempt to maintain simultaneous friendship with God and with the world (1:8; 4:4, 8); halfhearted commitment and compromise unbecoming of the truly wise. Traced to Sirach 1:28 and the Didache’s ‘two minds.‘
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Friendship With God
- Repentance
- Single-Hearted Devotion
- Two Ways
Biblical References
- James 1:5-8 — But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave…
- James 4:4-8 — Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy. Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says,…