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Footings for Children is a curriculum for those who teach children in after-school clubs, Sunday schools, camps, and even home devotionals. It is designed to be adapted and applied in any cultural context, including settings where teaching aids and tools are limited.
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Category Archives: Culture
CREATOR and CREATION: How Did God Make It Happen? part 2
Here’s the conclusion to part 1 of CREATOR and CREATION: How Did God Make It Happen? published on Monday. There was soon light enough for them to see one another’s faces. The Cabby and the two children had open mouths and … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Language, Music, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged beauty, creation, God, universe
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CREATOR and CREATION: How Did God Make It Happen?
Over the years, as I have taught on the significance of worldview for our lives and for the creation of godly culture, I have always touched briefly on how God created. In fact Genesis 1 reveals that God created the universe … Continue reading
Relativism: The DEATH OF GOD and the Death of Man
The hideous shadow of death looms over the West today, a death which is the fruit of relativism. Francis Schaeffer once spoke about what he called the “curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, Imago Dei, Morality
Tagged Atheism, death, God, relativism
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How Civilized Barbarians Treat Babies [warning: graphic images and story]
Two weeks ago we published CIVILIZED BARBARISM: China’s Abortions and Your Face Cream. The piece touched a nerve; it’s already the fourth most-viewed post (of 800) since we launched this blog 4½ years ago. The article was about what is happening … Continue reading
An EMERGING AGENDA of the “Marriage Equality” Promoters
What’s the “marriage equality” debate really about? The current docket of the US Supreme Court includes two high-profile cases dealing with marriage: the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8. A few fundamentalist secularists–the radical fringe of the “LGBT” community–want … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Imago Dei, Morality
Tagged America, LGBT, marriage, same sex marriage
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LAMENT for Another Time … “Women and Children First”
In his last days in office Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta pushed two new social policies into the heart of the US military establishment. On Jan 23, 2013 he lifted the ban on women serving in combat. On Feb 11, 2013 he expanded military … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Current events, Politics, Women
Tagged children, Leon Panetta, women, women in combat
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The SEDUCTION of Relativism: Why the DNA Affirms Truth and Not Merely Belief
How do truth and belief relate? The question may be more important than you realize. One of the milestones in my life was 1969 in L’Abri, Switzerland. Marilyn and I were studying with the Schaeffers. We were living in the … Continue reading
What I Learned About BEAUTY from Edith Schaeffer
Our good friend Nancy Pearcey wrote a brief eulogy for Edith Schaeffer, who died March 30 in Switzerland. Edith taught us both about the apologetics of beauty. Nancy’s post by that title tells it much better than I can. What most impressed … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Cultural Mandate, Culture
Tagged art, beauty, Christianity, Edit Schaeffer
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Create Something on Earth to Hang on Heaven’s Wall
When I was in school, my teachers in two subjects taught me the concept of transposition. In math we learned to move a number and its sign from one side of the equation to another. In music we learned to … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Cultural Mandate, Culture, Discipleship, Great Commission, Kingdom, Music
Tagged earth, heaven, transcendent, transposition
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The POWER OF TRUTH in a World of Illusion
Christ followers have a story to tell, a story the world needs to hear. It is a powerful story that can transform individual lives, lift communities from poverty, and build nations that are free, just, and compassionate. It is God’s … Continue reading
