In the last blog, we began applying the command to “Occupy Till I Come” to the different spheres of everyday life. We first looked at the family—the first culture we are called to disciple with care. Then we considered our understanding of the Church and how a biblical paradigm shapes
The English language has been influenced by Latin. A large number of English words have their roots in either classical or medieval Latin language. One of these is the word “fruit,” which comes from the Latin word fructus. From fructus and its derivatives we also get “fruition,” “fructose (sugar),” and
Teach the nations to follow God’s laws God’s commands are beautifully simple and wonderfully profound. Through obedience to God’s commands people and nations find freedom, life, and peace. According to Jesus’ Great Commission, his disciples are to continually engage in teaching the nations. Nations are to actively obey all Christ
The West, as a whole, has developed beyond the rest of the world and in fact has blessed many in other parts of the globe. Notwithstanding its postmodern critics, including professors who love to censure Western civilization, the history of the West has something to teach the rest. While there
A woman is different from a man. That reality, obvious to any kindergartner, is being contested in today’s West, a challenge that derives not from reason, logic, or science, but is the fruit of a worldview. And it will be successfully repudiated only at the level of worldview. That is,
Did you know God is a husband? The Bible is nuptial: it begins with the wedding of Adam and Eve and ends with the wedding of Christ and the Church. As the divine Husband, God established the pattern for marriage. God is a husband, the archetype of husbandly love and
We have written about the transformation of Singapore from a poor, densely populated city-state to one of the most beautiful, prosperous cities in the world in half a century. It is truly a city in a garden. The story of Chicago, Illinois has some parallels. The Great Chicago Fire raged
This post by our good friend Robert Osburn originally appeared at The Wilberforce International Institute under the title “Stop Destroying Our Brethren: End the Sexual Revolution.” ~ It’s time for someone to tell our myopic woke, social justice-advocating friends that racism, past and present, did not destroy and devastate many
The Apostle Peter, in his first epistle, writes to the persecuted church, believers suffering for their faith in Jesus Christ at the hands of Roman authorities and the pagan world. Peter acknowledges that suffering and instructs them how to deal with it in a redemptive way. The Apostle Paul, in
In August 1963, in the heat of the civil-rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr. courageously and famously gave his “I Have A Dream” speech. I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a
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