Easter is a great time to reflect that the tyranny we see growing in our world today—with its gnawing sense of unease—is a direct consequence of our living in a post-truth culture. If truth is gone, what’s left? Raw power, the Darwinian hypothesis of “survival of the fittest.” We have
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This is post 5 of 5 in the series “Understanding the Times and the Seasons” Understanding the Times and Seasons Gothic Images from Today’s Culture The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism The Need for Symbols The Wilderness Normally, when we consider the environment in which we live, we think of our
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
Many of us have been encouraged by the Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson. Over the last couple of years he has suffered from benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome leaving him weak and largely out of the public eye. Many of us have prayed for the restoration of his health (and he reports doing
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
This is post 3 of 3 in the series “Gospel to the West” Society in Crisis: Applying a Biblical Worldview in the West How Will The West Hear the Gospel? The Arts Can Take the Gospel to the West The Frankfurt School, and three major events—World War I, Russia’s Communist
Christmas celebrates the moment in history when a young woman conceived a child by the Holy Spirit and gave birth to the promised Messiah of the Jews and Savior of the world. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be
We see the world changing before our eyes. Most of the changes are the consequences of abandoning truth and substituting new ideologies. We are moving from order to chaos, from truth to power. In today’s internet age, these changes are coming faster than ever. Changes that once took generations now
Two new words, both of which deny reality, are radically altering our world: deadnaming and misgendering. To “deadname” is to refer to someone by their birth name rather than by a name they have chosen to reflect their “new gender.” Famous examples: Bruce is the “deadname” of Caitlyn Jenner; Bradley
This is post 1 of 3 in the series “Gospel to the West” Society in Crisis: Applying a Biblical Worldview in the West How Will The West Hear the Gospel? The Arts Can Take the Gospel to the West Western society is in crisis I am neither an historian nor