Category Archives: sociology

How your upbringing affects your life

Posted on January 4, 2019 by

A teaser from my soon-to-be-released book, The 18-year Factor: How your upbringing affects your life Continue reading →

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The expanded role of medical doctors

Posted on December 10, 2018 by

Although doctors are primarily charged with caring for physical health, over the last three to four decades, doctors have been called to take the role that was once reserved for a different profession. Continue reading →

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Four reactions to culture

Posted on May 6, 2016 by

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 , , , | 2 Comments

A danger to ourselves

Posted on March 6, 2016 by

Our demand for freedom without limits has contributed to profound short-term thinking and devolved into forms of self-serving individualism that threaten the stability and future of our communities and, perhaps even, our nation itself.
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Posted in Accountability, Anthropology, Apologetics, Atheism, Atheists, Christian worldview, Evil in the world, Freedom, Human depravity, Human dignity, Humanism, Origin of Sin, Sin, Social work, sociology, Wisdom, Worldview | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Links worth seeing

Posted on February 12, 2016 by

The five links below might not appeal to everyone. Yet they’re worth seeing for those who share a wide variety of interests. Enjoy! “…face to face with dying, he was not quite done with living.” A lengthy but interesting look at … Continue reading →

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Only one response to Bruce Jenner’s sex change is allowed

Posted on June 10, 2015 by

Our society is increasingly controlled by a small group of people who tell the rest of us what we’re allowed to think and say on select moral issues. Continue reading →

Posted in Don't Ask; Don't Tell, Equal Rights, Equality, First Amendment, Freedom, Gay, Gay Marriage?, Gender, Government, Hate speech, Homosexual lifestyle, Homosexuality, Justice, Law, Progressive?, Same-sex, Sexual orientation, Sexual Preference, Sexuality, sociology, Tolerance, Wisdom | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

No belief is true for everyone

Posted on June 9, 2015 by

How long can a society remain civil if it demands that each person’s opinion is equally valid? Are there truths that all people must accept? Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Apologetics, Atheism, Culture, Government, Humanism, Law, Philosophy, Relativism, Social work, sociology, Tolerance, Wisdom, Worldview | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments