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We’re Getting our Comeuppance for the Church’s Compromise in the Culture Wars pt. 6
Culture transmits its values from one generation to the next with symbols laden with meaning. Lesslie Newbigin explains: [O]ne must include in culture, and as fundamental to any culture, a set of beliefs, experiences, and practices that seek to grasp and express the ultimate nature of things, that which give shape and meaning to life, […]
We’re Getting our Comeuppance for the Church’s Compromise in the Culture Wars pt. 5
After Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden, he cursed the man: And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt […]
Judging Heroes
I have presidents I like and dislike. I like Reagan. I dislike Carter. I like Coolidge. I dislike Wilson. I like Teddy Roosevelt, but I dislike Franklin Roosevelt. These are all white, Anglo-Saxon men and I like some, dislike others, and have my own criteria by which I judge whether I like them or not. […]
You Know You’re Fat When
I do work out several times a week, so I’m not in terrible shape. But I do need to lose some weight. We were getting a lot of pictures taken in relations to my parents’ anniversary and so I kept looking at myself. This reminded me of the weight. We walked in the ocean and […]
Big 50: Dad and Mom
Yesterday my parents had been married for 50 years. On Monday, I was getting in the church van and my dad walked to the window, and he told me he didn’t want us doing anything for them, that he would be leaving early Friday and going somewhere, that he had someplace reserved. I said somewhat […]
We’re Getting our Comeuppance for the Church’s Compromise in the Culture Wars pt. 4
“Culture” began as an agricultural term, speaking of what was done to soil in preparation for planting. As it related to a person, someone could prepare and lift his soul, his intellect and spirit, by cultivating his engagement with art, music, and literature. The term has developed into a designation of the collective way of […]
2009: Open My Mouth Boldly
December 31, 2008. I have a goal this year to evangelize one person every single day. I can pass out a gospel tract to get that done, but I prefer to talk to someone. The latter is what I want and the former what I’ll settle with to reach the goal. To add some accountability, […]
We’re Getting our Comeuppance for the Church’s Compromise in the Culture Wars pt. 3
With irony as it relates to the United States, Edward Gibbon published in 1776 the first volume of his classic The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, finishing his sixth and final volume in 1789, the year the U. S. Constitution was ratified. In this massive work, Gibbon offers an explanation […]
Arctic Ice Sheets Melting, So Ocean Level Rising (Snicker)
I’ll be coming back with more in my series on culture, but there’s something that has my attention. You all love the truth, don’t you? You enjoy the scientific method, right? Well, let’s think about something together, OK? Haven’t you read that the Arctic ice sheets are melting? The Northern Hemispheric Arctic ice cap is […]
We’re Getting our Comeuppance for the Church’s Compromise in the Culture Wars pt. 2
Evangelical leaders know something is terribly wrong today. They know it relates to the culture. You just have to read them to understand. David Wells has become well known for his four book series that exposes the problem (No Place for Truth or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology?, God in the Wasteland: The Reality of […]
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