Few Things Are More Dangerous Than the Quest for Cultural Acceptance

Few Things Are More Dangerous Than the Quest for Cultural Acceptance – “How can Christians resist the temptation to pursue respectability? Here are four suggestions.”

Misreading Scripture Cross-culturally

 – It’s important to remember that we read a Bible written to a different culture and sometimes we teach that Bible to yet another culture.

Pursue the Kingdom, Not Culture Wars

Pursue the Kingdom, Not Culture Wars – “In this day of partisanship and skepticism, how do we promote genuine gospel renewal in our churches and communities?”

What Will Your Home Teach? Cultivating a Christlike Family Culture

What Will Your Home Teach? Cultivating a Christlike Family Culture – “So, how can Christian parents create a Christlike culture in which their children can swim?”

3 Tips for Surviving the University of Babylon

3 Tips for Surviving the University of Babylon – Per the start of the school year, here’s some helpful advice gleaned from the first chapters of the book of Daniel.

Believers in an Unbelieving World: How the Early Church Engaged Society

Believers in an Unbelieving World: How the Early Church Engaged Society – “In four short phrases, Peter compresses a vision for engaging society that reverberates through the writings of the early church as they navigated a pagan world.”

Quarantine Is Not a Good Option

Quarantine Is Not a Good Option – “We need to expose our children to small doses of evil in our world and talk with them about why those things are wrong and harmful. By doing this, we can build up their immunity against the evil they will encounter in the future. This approach is more successful because parents are showing their children how to handle evil and giving them the tools they need to navigate their world.”

5 Principles for Equipping Your Church to Think Biblically About Cultural Issues

5 Principles for Equipping Your Church to Think Biblically About Cultural Issues – “Here are five principles for equipping your church to think biblically about cultural issues.”

How Should We Handle Outrage?

How Should We Handle Outrage? – “This is a difficult time. Evil is called good, while good is called evil. Objective truth is disdained. Feelings are divinized. God is mocked.” 

 

Work Well in an LGBT+ Environment

Work Well in an LGBT+ Environment – “Being a loving, uncompromising, and effective witness calls for courage and wisdom. Here are six suggestions to help you navigate these turbulent waters.”

11 Christianese Words and Phrases We Should Retire

11 Christianese Words and Phrases We Should Retire – These are pretty good.

When Were Christians First Regarded as Intolerant “Haters”?

When Were Christians First Regarded as Intolerant “Haters”? – “In the midst of the high octane culture wars of the last ten years, Christians have been labelled all sorts of things: intolerant, bigoted, arrogant, narrow, dogmatic, just to name a few.”

Opposing Gay Marriage May Seem like a Lost Cause. History Suggests It Isn’t.

Opposing Gay Marriage May Seem like a Lost Cause. History Suggests It Isn’t. – “Christians should stop trying to guess what will change in the future and simply speak as faithful witnesses to what hasn’t and won’t change: God’s vision of the common good.”

Don’t Let the Culture War Steal Your Joy

Don’t Let the Culture War Steal Your Joy – “There’s a worrisome quality in many of today’s would-be prophets—writers and pundits who foresee only doom for the future of civilization, who seem perpetually distressed by the desecration of the church’s witness (whether by external pressures or internal rot).”

Dog-Fights and Discernment

Dog-Fights and Discernment – “While I can’t say that their means and methods were objectively wrong, they weren’t helpful and they didn’t build me up (1 Cor 10:23).”

Jeffrey Dahmer and Killing Our True Crime Obsession

Jeffrey Dahmer and Killing Our True Crime Obsession – “When serial killer stories rank among the country’s top shows, we’re guilty of fueling a dark trend.”

Two Dangers Facing Christians Under Cultural Pressure

Two Dangers Facing Christians Under Cultural Pressure – “The first is to give in to the pressure to conform, and the second is to stand defiant in an ungodly way.”

Leading Our Churches Through a Life in Exile

Leading Our Churches Through a Life in Exile “Living as an ambassador means getting to know the people, language, customs, and power structures so we can represent God’s kingdom to the country we’ve been sent.”

What Does America Need for Its Post-COVID ‘New Normal’?

What Does America Need for Its Post-COVID ‘New Normal’? – Here are ongoing issues and challenges in finding the “new normal”. Particularly as it relates to faith.

Beware the Habits of Controversy

Beware the Habits of Controversy – “Writing fifty years ago, Francis Schaeffer made a plea for Christians to watch out for the danger of settling into habits which were formed in times of controversy.”