What would a lingerie ad look like if Jesus made it? Is there a Christian way to advertise lingerie? Sounds crazy, but please stay with me. TV commercials are rarely the stuff of serious reflection. Exceptions really stand out. A few years ago Coca-Cola aired a charming commercial in Argentina with
Is this what modesty means? Recently a Ghanaian friend wrote to me about the changing standard of decency in West Africa. Two beautiful young women–an actress and a beauty pageant winner–stirred debate among Ghanaians by the way they dressed for a music-awards event. Their dresses, according to some, were “revealing,” “indecent,” “daring,”
Answer: The current media world saturated with atheistic values and destructive messages. Question: What do you get when you discourage Christian young people from studying the arts? Nobody should be surprised at the state of affairs in today’s entertainment industry. Or media in general. When, for generations, the church has considered art
We live in a day of relativism. Such a doctrine ignores the observable fact that the universe has a moral dimension. On the other side are those of us who seek to uphold the objective nature of human life in a creation built on moral and metaphysical standards. Yet when the
The Christian active in the arts has opportunity to speak prophetically to culture. Knowing my interest in that subject, my son Nathan sent me an article titled “Beauty Will Save the World.” When Alexandr Solzhenitsyn was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature he delivered to the Swedish Academy a
This is post 8 of 11 in the series “Psalm 19” Nations in Disorder – From Where Shall Help Come? Why God’s Laws Are the Only Protection from Tyranny What the Most BEAUTIFUL PSALM Teaches About A Flourishing Life God’s PERFECT LAW: Hope for the Human Race ONE LAW That
Here at the Disciple Nations Alliance we are fans of Ken Myers and his Mars Hill Audio Journal. Ken helps us understand what it means to live Coram Deo in our deeply secular 21st-century world. Many Christians live in the sacred-secular divide which leaves them in one of two unacceptable positions: on the
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Creator and creation” CREATOR and CREATION: How Did God Make It Happen? 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.
This is post 1 of 2 in the series “Creator and creation” CREATOR and CREATION: How Did God Make It Happen? CREATOR and CREATION: How Did God Make It Happen? part 2 Over the years, as I have taught on the significance of worldview for our lives and for the creation
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 me in knowing Edith at L’Abri was her emphasis on
