With all that is going on culturally to change the historical definition of marriage, one has to wonder how long the Christian church in America will continue to be tied so closely to civil marriage. The thought has crossed my mind more than once lately that the civil and religious definitions and rites of marriage will soon [...]
Tags: government, marriage
I was pointed to an op-ed in USA Today this morning by Ed Stetzer that asks the question, “why do we need religion?” (Ed offers his own rebuttal here). In this article, what does Oliver Thomas offer as an answer to this question? Religious Americans have answered the question variously. Worship is one answer. Millions [...]
Tags: Jesus, media, moralistic-therapeutic-deism, religion, Stetzer
Should we rejoice in a “good divorce”? According to Sally Quinn of the Washington Post, yes we should (emphasis mine): Rejoice. Al and Tipper have split up. I know, I know. Separation and divorce are supposed to be bad. Marriage is a sacrament to many, a promise and a moral commitment to God and each [...]
Communism was built on the lie that society can be perfected on Earth through smart control of the economy and by extension all people’s lives. This is idolatry, pure and simple. Holding up our intellect, or good nature, or a system to save us instead of Christ. Michael Totten is a fantastic independent journalist, and [...]
Alan Hirsch has written a very insightful note on Facebook about his recent visit to Auschwitz. Alan has some great observations so I urge you to read the whole post, but here is one thing I wanted to highlight: Many are going to be completely offended by this, but I don’t think we can seriously [...]
Previously I wrote about the conflict between our Christianity and our American culture, in that post I mentioned that I would be writing about what we can do to bring our lives more in line with the New Testament. This is my first post in a series on this, I offer these thoughts humbly as [...]
Important look at the effect of cultural (and governmental) views and restrictions on child bearing. The Economist say 100 million girls are ‘missing’ as a result. IMAGINE you are one half of a young couple expecting your first child in a fast-growing, poor country. You are part of the new middle class; your income is [...]
In reading a lot of the conversation on Twitter after the Verge conference I came across a post by Jeff Collier on his site zetify.com. In that post was this paragraph: My only criticism of the conference was some of the speakers, especially the founder of the movement Alan Hirsch, was a bit anti-American. There [...]
Tags: christian-culture, Hirsch, poltics, the-american-dream, verge
In today’s New York Times there is a really good Op-Ed by Nicholas Kristof about Christian engagement in global relief efforts. Considering the publication it appears in I can only hope it opens some eyes on both sides of the Evangelical/Secular Liberal divide. A key excerpt: Over the last decade, however, that divide has dissolved, [...]
Tags: Kristof, poverty, relief efforts, secular liberalism
When I was in my church’s youth group in the mid ‘90s Baptist churches in the Bible Belt (and I’m sure other Evangelical churches in other places) had their own distinct sub-culture, into which any encroachment was seen in the most serious light. Most of these things were good (Falls Creek, Dawson McAllister conferences, See [...]
Tags: christian-culture, Jesus, legalism, liberty
