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Category Archives: Culture
Seek the welfare of the city
Allegiance to their Creator faded as they became increasingly enamored with the allurements of culture around them. Continue reading
The true problem with lust
Which is worse the Animal self or the Diabolical self? Who is nearer to hell a cold, self-righteous prig who goes regularly to church or a prostitute? The sins of the flesh are bad but are they the least bad of all sins? Continue reading
Posted in C. S. Lewis, Christian life, Christian worldview, Christianity, Culture, Lust, Sex, Sexual temptations, Sexuality, Wisdom
Tagged C. S. Lewis, Sex, sexual temptation, struggle with lust
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Arrogant media fears Trump’s arrogance?
The intolerant are fearful of intolerance. Those who are quick to tell us how to think and talk on a growing number of issues fear that Trump might challenge their “ideological” arrogance.
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Posted in Culture, Political Correctness, Politics, Tolerance, Trump, Wisdom
Tagged Fear of trump, media against trump, Trump and first amendment
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How should we respond?
Political action is necessary but…. Continue reading
Posted in Change, Character, Christian worldview, Church, Church and State, Church Leadership, Culture, Democracy, Democrats, Emergent Church, Evil in the world, False Church, Political Correctness, Politics, Wisdom, Witness, Worldview
Tagged Church and politics, political action for Christians
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A call to speak up for freedom
We must find every way possible to graciously but firmly stop this militant intolerance. How long will we sit silently by and be manipulated, bullied and coerced by this radical agenda? Continue reading
Four reactions to culture
Wisdom calls us to engage in truth-based dialogue and persuasion in settings like family, work, community and government… Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Christian worldview, Church and State, Church Leadership, Culture, Culture of Honor, Emerging Leaders, Evil in the world, Image of God, Leadership, Mission statement, Missions, Separation of Church and State, Social work, sociology, Wisdom, Witness, Worldview
Tagged Christian influence, political activity and the church, salt and light, social calling of christians
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Gender identity in children
The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds)— an association of pediatricians and healthcare professionals in the United States issued the following statement on gender identity in children. Continue reading
Do you understand common grace?
How do we remain serious about lines between belief and unbelief (between those who live in the boundaries of saving grace and those who do not), while at the same time showing active appreciation for all that is good, beautiful and outside of those boundaries? Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Church Leadership, Common Good, Common grace, Communication, Community, Culture, Culture of Honor, elders in the Church, Emergent Church, Emerging Leaders, Evangelicals, Evangelism, Fundamentalism, Leadership, Local Church, Pastors, Reformed Theology, Walking with God, Wisdom, Witness, Younger Evangelicals
Tagged christianity and the world, Common Grace, evangelism and social concern, General Revelation, seeking the common good, social action in the church
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What do most students entering university believe?
The tension is not about belief in a Creator but whether or not it is safe to believe in one absolute God — especially if one’s beliefs discredit the beliefs of others. Continue reading
Posted in Agnostic, All religions the same?, Apologetics, Atheism, Atheists, Bible, Campus ministry, Christian worldview, Christianity, Creation, Culture, Disciple-making, Doubt, Evangelicals, Evangelism, Gospel, Millennials, Parenting teens, Postmodern, Relativism, Religion, Wisdom, Witness, Worldview
Tagged Apologetics, challenge to christian witness, Is there truth?, making disciples
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