This is post 8 of 8 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 Evil Dwells in the Wilderness The Habitation of the Demonic (includes audio and video
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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
This is post 2 of 3 in the series “Christmas 2020” Joy to the World; Heaven Comes to Earth! Far As the Curse is Found Goodwill from the Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem Years ago, singing “Joy to the World,” I had a “revelation.” The third stanza startled me; it
This is post 1 of 3 in the series “Christmas 2020” Joy to the World; Heaven Comes to Earth! Far As the Curse is Found Goodwill from the Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem Joy to the World, penned by Isaac Watts, retains its power 301 years after its initial publication.
Marilyn and I were blessed some years ago with a home in the Coconino National Forest a couple of hours north of Phoenix. We spend as much time there as we can, especially as it makes for a quiet setting for thinking and writing. When we’re up there, we fellowship
Recently, I saw an image of a lion and a lamb lying together in the clouds and was reminded of the cosmic truth of history that in Jesus Christ, God’s love and justice meet, His mercy and His authority come together. J.R.R. Tolkein speaks of the incarnation of Christ as
This is post 2 of 6 in the series “Psalm 87” Reflections on Psalm 87: The Blessing and Ingathering of the Nations Psalm 87: Insights from Charles Spurgeon Psalm 87 Insights from Charles Spurgeon, part 2 Psalm 87: The New Jerusalem for All Nations Psalm 87: God Will Adopt His
Is art to lead us in the pursuit of truth, goodness and and the beautiful? The culture of the kingdom of God is marked by Truth, Beauty and Goodness, the cultural trinity. (We have written about this here.) The West was built upon the pursuit of this trinity, born out
Most Christ followers are ordinary people. And ordinary people often think their own circle is too small to be of much use to the kingdom. Great preachers, celebrity Christians, mega-church pastors, trained missionaries … these are the people who achieve great things in the kingdom. But not me. This is
The folks at the Bible Project recently developed a terrific video on heaven and earth (see below). We at the DNA find that there is still a great deal of confusion on this topic among Christians. Many (perhaps most) evangelical Christians hold to the idea that heaven and earth are