This is post 1 of 3 in the series “Courageous truth” Three Stories of Courageous Truth Three Stories of Courageous Truth, part 2 Courageous Truth: A Current Example Truth is dying, our world unwinding. Multiculturalism, political correctness (civic relativism) and the delusion of personal relativism are undermining our identities, families,
Fifty years ago, watching Francis Schaeffer write on a napkin, I learned something important about the nature of truth. And I’m still reflecting on that evening with Dr. Schaeffer at his mountain home, Chalet Les Melezes, in Huemoz, Switzerland. What he said that night and the diagrams he drew on a
Truth, beauty and goodness are the hallmarks of the culture of the kingdom of God. These are what I call the cultural trinity. Just as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are separate persons yet one God, so truth, beauty and goodness are not the same, but they cannot be
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 2 in the series “Love-Truth Divide” Love-Truth Divide Love-Truth Divide, part 2 During the rise of modernism, the church abandoned the comprehensive, integrative biblical worldview for the limitations and weakness of the Sacred/Secular Divide (SSD) of the Greeks. Our friend and co-worker Scott Allen has
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
This is post 1 of 2 in the series “Finding Truth: The Foreword” Finding Truth … It’s There to be Found! Finding Truth, part 2: The Role of Faith Finding truth is not a futile pursuit! These last few months, at Darrow Miller and Friends we have been writing on
Fake news is the inevitable fruit of several generations of naturalism and evolutionism. Ideas take time to move from conception to fruition. In 1882, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche insinuated that “God is dead.” Over the generations since, we have seen the gradual death of everything based on God’s existence, including
This is post 10 of 10 in the series “wisdom” Wisdom book preview Poverty: The Fruit of Neglected Wisdom What Wisdom Has to Do with Wealth Creation Laws: Wisdom Sustains the Universe Wisdom Sustains the Universe Through Human Obedience Wisdom is Better Than Knowledge Wisdom: The False and the True
This is post 9 of 9 in the series “Narratives” Scott Allen explores the problem of how narratives have steadily replaced truth in Western society. What’s Wrong With a Story? The Destructive Power of Narrative: An Example from American History Why Narratives Have Become Pervasive Farewell, Justice: The Corrosion of
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