Darrow tells of sitting on a plane years ago next to an executive of a leading European electric company. In their conversation the gentleman related some of the firm’s history. For years, they had asked three questions of any proposed product. If they couldn’t answer all three in the affirmative,
Years ago, singing “Joy to the World,” I had a “revelation.” The third stanza startled me; it included an imperative: “No more let sins and sorrows grow!” And the imperative is elaborated as to scope. How far are we to “no more let sins and sorrows grow”? “As far as
Christians are generally familiar with Jesus’ mandate for the church, but fewer Christians are familiar with the Cultural Commission. Fewer still see the connection between these two commissions. Yet neither has been rescinded. On the contrary, both remain active expressions of God’s purpose for humans. We must reconnect the Cultural
The Creator of the universe is the God of all nations, not just of Christians and Jews. He is God of all people whether or not they acknowledge Him, whether or not they know Him personally. Human belief does not establish His existence. Reality itself acknowledges the ultimate truth of
At heart of the biblical narrative, both in the Hebrew and Greek testaments, are two related fundamental revelations: the nature of man and the nature of freedom. Judeo-Christian theism reveals that human beings are made in the image of God. Then God said, “Let us make man in our image,
In April, in the midst of the CCP Coronavirus, I discovered a Hebrew word that has changed the world and could change your life. The word is found in Genesis 4:1-16, the story of Cain and Abel. As you remember, Abel kept sheep and Cain tilled the ground. At the
Like you and the rest of the world, my dear wife and I have been wondering aloud about the Coronavirus — when it will end, will we survive, and how we will deal with it? She asked this simple question: “Does this not fall under the realm of the first
Cultural relativism asserts that all truth claims are relative to particular cultures or societies. This worldview poses one of the greatest challenges to human flourishing in our generation. As taught in the “soft sciences” of psychology, sociology, and anthropology, it holds that the values in one culture are no better
South Korea’s population slide is even more tragic than immediately apparent. This disturbing trajectory developed during a massive push to evangelize and spread the gospel! Korea’s anti-maternal, anti-familial and pro-death culture grew during a great evangelistic and church-planting movement. As every “world Christian” knows, South Korea has been a model
South Korea has been the crown jewel of evangelical missionary service since World War 2 but it may soon be “extinct” because everyone was preaching the gospel of salvation and no one was teaching “be fruitful, multiply and fill the earth.” Declining Korean Birthrates This Bloomberg headline says it all:
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