Humans were created imago Dei We live at a time of increased identity crisis and confusion. The worldview called Modernism or Naturalism views us as merely animals, descendants of apes. Postmodernism sees our biology, the physical platform, as meaningless, merely a social construct, a product of our imagination. We see
All culture is local. You hear that sentiment sometimes in a discussion about cultural norms, customs, or values, especially when an outsider implies any criticism. On its face, the expression may be true. The problem is the subtext. Often, it’s a way to forbid any critique of a culture from
Richard Weaver famously said, “Ideas have consequences.” They also have antecedents. In this post, we’ll look at the genesis of the ideas behind the toxic new religion (TNR hereafter) which is assaulting Western civilization. Who were its prophets, and what drove them? Arguably the most influential prophets—the great philosophers whose
Seventeen years into the 21st century, threatening cultural and political storms sweep the world. Are Christians prepared? Are we creating robust cultures? Are we living lives that will equip us to face these winds? In fact we may be facing the “perfect storm,” three dangerous phenomena colliding at the same
In this series, we are exploring the cultural roots of the escalating campus rage in America. New York University professor Jonathan Haidt recently described it as “a new religion.” I find it extremely clarifying to recognize this rage as a religion. It isn’t simply “atheism” or “secularism,” but really a
The heavens proclaim the glory of God. Os Guinness writes in Impossible People, “It goes without saying that the biblical counterpoint to weightlessness is glory, for the root meaning of glory is the weightiness and solidity that comes from reality” (125). As we have written elsewhere we are living in a time
In the previous post in this series, I summarized two of the four unquestioned worldview assumptions of the new religious orthodoxy: group identity and multiculturalism. In this post, I’ll summarize the remaining two: (1) Western civilization as the ultimate source of oppression, and (2) justice demands equality of outcome. You
The new religion we are exploring in this series is underpinned by a set of unquestioned worldview assumptions, or “givens” that frame everything else. As I’ve studied the new religion over the past few years, four major assumptions emerge as particularly foundational. You might think of them as the four
Nancy Pearcey’s book Finding Truth is a must read for those who understand that we live in the real world, not a world of illusion, the product of our own imagination. At Darrow Miller and Friends we have been writing on issues related to the “post truth” culture that we
Finding truth is not a futile pursuit! These last few months, at Darrow Miller and Friends we have been writing on issues related to the “post truth” culture that we now inhabit. We have sought to make a distinction between truth and narrative, between the subjective and the objective. Richard Pearcey’s
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