We are thrilled to announce the release of a very important new resource from the Disciple Nations Alliance. I ‘m talking about Footings for Children: Imparting a Biblical Worldview so They Can Thrive, written by our colleague Dwight Vogt along with Karen Jacobsen. For nations to be discipled, Christ’s followers must
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At Christmas we celebrate the birth of God’s Messiah, His gift to Israel and to the world. As a young Christian interested in missions I came across books authored by a Canadian missionary named Don Richardson. Richardson lived among animistic tribal people in Western New Guinea in the nation of
I cannot think about the 2012 election in America without recalling words originally penned in French: Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite. So wrote Joseph de Maistre in 1811. Maistre was a philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat who lived in Savoy (modern day southern France). His words–more familiar to Americans in English, of
When I worked for a relief and development organization, I became convinced that lack of resources was not the primary cause of poverty. I came to see that the root cause of poverty–and the cure of poverty–lies in a peoples’ worldview. Are human beings merely animals to be fed, or
Wikipedia’s article on Korea opens with this description: “… an East Asian country that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states, North Korea and South Korea.” The two Koreas have much in common. They share the same ethnic and linguistic background. They share the same peninsula, the same relatively harsh climate and geography. But while so basically similar, the two
Earlier this year, we published One Geography, Two Nations by Darrow Miller. We were happy to see this post get picked up by our friends at Worldview Church, part of the ministry of the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Go here to see Darrow’s column. In addition to this endorsement, Eric Metaxas gave
Our recent post, COMPASSION: The Noun That Used to Be a Verb, introduced some of the rich biblical vocabulary behind the English terms “compassion” and “social justice.” Why should we bother to study the biblical vocabulary? Because compassion is central to our faith, and comes from God’s heart. Yet it
The world God created is very good. He says so Himself in Genesis 1: 31. This is one of the key points of the DNA message, as are the following: Human beings, made in his image, are tasked with developing the earth, making it bountiful, and creating culture (Genesis 1:26-28).
I have written before that America is no longer one nation under God. Is it time to formalize the split? That’s the question raised by Dr. Ron Lipsman, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Maryland, in his article, Thinking About the Unthinkable – Disunion. We are two nations
This Saturday, October 6, John will interview Darrow about Darrow’s recent book, Emancipating the World: A Christian Response to Radical Islam and Fundamentalist Atheism. Many of our readers are familiar with BreakPoint, the daily program of the late Chuck Colson. We have featured Colson in numerous posts, including: What is Christianity? Chuck
