Recently we published a post by our friend Christian Overman about the importance of context. Here’s a follow up on the same subject worthy of your consideration. The Basic Problem of the Christians Francis Schaeffer wrote in A Christian Manifesto: “The basic problem of the Christians…is that they
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With the encouragement of Disciple Nations Alliance president Scott Allen, we started Darrow Miller and Friends in 2008. In these 13 years we have published just over 1,350 posts. It has been a vigorous opportunity to serve the Kingdom of God, a wonderful journey which is now coming to an
From our good friend Christian Overman … John Adams, the 2nd President of the United States, declared: “…we have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate
This is post 3 of 6 in the series “Education in the Coronavirus age” What Has the Coronavirus Done to Our Schools? The Erosion of Higher Education A Virus Worse Than Covid-19 Children: Bullseye of Comprehensive Sexuality Education Parents or the State: Who Owns the Children? Education in the Coronavirus:
Two weeks ago we wrote about the Super Bowl ad. Our blog traffic went through the roof; plenty of people shared the same disquiet. The ad was not the only controversy around Super Bowl 2020. The halftime show was another big concern. Lots of bloggers have written about that halftime
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
Jesus said, “The poor you will always have with you” (Matt. 26:11). Two millennia later, 815 million people lack enough food to lead a healthy, active life.[i] Nine million people die every year of hunger or hunger-related causes.[ii] These numbers are down from forty years ago—that’s good. But this level of
Our friend Christian Overman does such a great job of sharing simple, succinct examples of worldview applied and worldview at work. Christian recently wrote … Last week I quoted Jeremiah 29:4-7 in reference to the notion that the Church in the United States has been deported to Babylon. God told
A new idea often requires time to process. Sometimes we don’t understand a new idea. Sometimes we understand it but don’t know how to implement it. It remains in the realm of theory. Many of our readers no doubt understand the theory of bringing transformation to their communities, but don’t
