How should we read the Bible? Recently, a reader asked for “chapter and verse” to support an argument I had made in a post. That’s a fair question, and it prompted this post. Asking for a scriptural reference for a Christian’s statement is always appropriate. Sometimes we read the Bible
This is post 1 of 18 in the series “classics” Not Every Story is Based in Reality How Homosexuality Became Normal in the West How Evolutionists Explain Poverty Lies Enslave, Truth Transforms Human Evil, Cosmic Consequences NURTURING: The Wonder of Being There Personal God, Personal Creation The Implications of Moral
This is post 22 of 23 in the series “Whiteboard animation” New DMF Feature: Whiteboard Animation Core Doctrines of a New Religion … animated version Reconciliation vs. Restoration Wisdom is Better than Knowledge … the animation Is Social Justice About Equality or Equity? … animation version The Meaning of America
This is post 1 of 3 in the series “Gospel to the West” Society in Crisis: Applying a Biblical Worldview in the West How Will The West Hear the Gospel? The Arts Can Take the Gospel to the West Western society is in crisis I am neither an historian nor
Last year, the “in” thing for postmoderns was “gender neutrality”: bathrooms, pronouns, names, birth certificates, wedding and drivers’ licenses. Even gender-neutral parents and gender-neutral children. Until recent years, we used men’s rooms and women’s rooms. No one would have thought of a man going into a women’s restroom or shower
Over the last three? generations, Western society has made two worldview moves: 1) From premodern (Judeo-Christian) theism to modern atheism, and then 2) From modern atheism to postmodern neo-paganism. These changes have powerfully affected our understanding of the concept of truth. Humans are to be truth seekers. We were designed
This is post 1 of 3 in the series “new fascists” The New Fascism: Tolerance That Leads to Tyranny The New Fascists Use Words As Weapons New Fascists: Bullies Attacking the Family A new fascism is on the rise in the West. A pluralistic framework will not create a pluralistic
Many people recognize what Jews and Christians have posited: the human being is an integrated physical and spiritual whole. No model of human life is sustainable that diminishes or ignores either part of the human, or seeks to bifurcate the integrity of human beings. But today the West denies the
People in a locked-in state can have a real life? When it comes to referencing disabilities here in the West our vocabulary has changed. At one time, anyone with a mental illness was labelled “crazy” or “insane.” Those with slower response times were “dim-witted.” A cleft palate was a “hare
The ministry of the Disciple Nations Alliance is based on the conviction that truth has the power to transform lives, communities and even nations. Broken, impoverished communities are transformed when the church confronts cultural lies, and embodies and proclaims the truth. Helping the church do this is the beating heart
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