I’ve often said that if the church does not disciple the nation the nation will disciple the church. In his thought-provoking paper, “A Church Without A View: Jonathan Edwards and Our Current Lifeview Discipleship Crisis,” theologian and pastor David Scott demonstrates how that has happened. He laments the absence of
It’s tempting to divide Christians into the politically engaged and the evangelistically inclined. And, to be sure, that kind of segregation would accurately describe many followers of Christ. Samuel Rodriguez is an exception. As a pastor, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, and one of America’s “seven most influential Hispanic
A real problem for many in the Church today is a tendency to divide the world into mutually exclusive compartments. One component is labeled “sacred” and has to do with the spiritual life. Everything else goes into a “secular” category. For those who hold this divided view of reality, the consequences are profound.
The Lordship of Christ Over All The first of our DNA Core Beliefs is the “Jesus is King.” It is first, because it is the very foundation for everything we believe, write and teach. As pastor Barry Seagren says in this powerful sermon, the Lordship of Christ is: . .
Separating the Word of God from academics in school has spawned a debilitating yet popular mindset known as “SSD,” or the “Sacred-Secular Divide.” This dualism constricts the Light of Scripture to Sunday morning sermons, and does not apply it to business, law, medicine, art, civil governance or anything else outside
If the Bible is irrelevant to the most important things taught in school, then it will certainly be irrelevant to the most important things outside of school, too. This is the devilish outcome of dualism. In the end, we all lose. Is it any wonder the biblical foundations for law, civil government, economics and family
I’m deeply grateful to Dr. Christian Overman for his very generous review of my new book Beyond the Sacred-Secular Divide: Towards a Wholistic Life and Ministry. Dr. Overman is founding director of Seattle-based Worldview Matters. He wrote: While reading this book, at times I felt like weeping. I wasn’t sure why, until I got
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Korea national suicide” Has Church Growth Contributed to a Nation’s Suicide? Has Church Growth Contributed to a Nation’s Suicide? part 2 South Korea’s population slide is even more tragic than immediately apparent. This disturbing trajectory developed during a massive push to
In celebration of World Down Syndrome Day we are adding this extra post this week. The 2018 Gerber (Down Syndrome) Baby proves that a Christian could be an account executive in an advertising company! The church today has been emasculated by SDS – the Sacred Secular Divide. And young people
Imagination is one of the Creator’s most valuable gifts to his human creatures. When imagination is nurtured, we flourish. When it is suppressed, we languish. My friend, Ana, spent several days sitting and talking with a group of young teen girls. I asked them, “Do you have dreams?” “We stop
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