I’ve been contemplating the mind afresh recently in light of biblical texts and am pondering two passages in particular:
that we are to love God with all our mind – Jesus
that we are to be renewing our mind – Paul
When He restates the Shema in Mark 12, Jesus clarifies the importance of the mind.
There is a need for balance. Using Jesus restatement of the Shema as a guide, God wants all of us, our heart, soul, mind and strength…
Sadly, this is, seemingly, another source of division in the church, some are so intellectual as to look askance at those who are driven by what they might call “emotional Christianity.” In response, those in the other camp look at the more intellectual faith as being “brainiacs.”
I find this particularly troubling since I know that the Enemy loves this division.
Jesus doesn’t divide us into camps, Jesus recognizes that we are both of these in His answer to the scribe. So, let us love God with all our heart, soul mind and strength. And, as Jesus added, let us love our neighbor as ourselves.
All of our neighbors.
Yes, its hard, but we should never give up trying.
kingdom travelin' 
Tom,
years ago I was reading in a book by E. Stanley Jones an entry that was quite similar to yours. He was talking about the focus of the Greeks, the Hebrew-Christians, the Jews, etc. and their individual choices of emphasis. These have inevitably led to division, not unlike groups you mentioned. I think the church at times loses sight of our need of the “whole” body to finish His work on earth. The teachers focus on teaching, the preachers on preaching, the evangelists on evangelizing, intercessors on prayer, theologians on the Word and philosophies, etc. Various divisions of the church have had a central focus on the eucharist, sermon, silence, music/worship (a word I hesitate to use, as it can all be worship), and the missionaries on missions. God enjoys how he made us individually and I believe it’s his plan to use us all in our specific places with our specific skills and expertise to do “our” part of the body’s part. That being said, to love Him and one another is in His opinion central – I think we benefit from seeing our limitations and weaknesses and can begin to rejoice that there are many parts of his body doing a great job of emphasis on various facets of His kingdom and perhaps each facet is bringing new lambs into His great fold. My thoughts.