Culture

Seeing the world in a new way …

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How we see the world matters. Apologists point up the competing "worldviews" in an effort to both educate people "in the church" and reason with those "outside the church." A person may register for an academy to help them live out of a "biblical worldview." Whose "biblical worldview" do … Continue reading

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Ratifying beliefs … Confronted by Jesus …

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Achievers face the tyranny of accomplishment. Precision and speed often mean missing the impact of content. Dr. Pretlove may have hinted at this with me when he told me, "Some people go to church just so they can go home again." Failure to engage the content of a worthy … Continue reading

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Complicitly unholy … When the Critique Comes Home to Roost …

Chucks_roost Fresh eggs. Nothing quite like them. A few weeks ago Micah gave us a dozen fresh eggs from the farm in Amber. Delicious. I asked Micah about the trials and errors of raising laying hens. He really suggested a good fence, a sturdy house and to be prepared to … Continue reading

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Another way of understanding Darfur …

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Some find it difficult to grasp the situation in Darfur. Here is a way that may help communicate the gravity people face in this region of the Sudan.

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(HT: Marko)… Continue reading

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Subverting the Empire … Living Counter-Intuitive Values …

OklahomanAccording to an AP article on the front page of The Oklahoman young people grow more materialistic. Seems since 1966 incoming college freshmen consider financial prosperity very important. Pew Research Center indicated 80 percent of 18-to 25-year-olds ranked getting rich as their top priority.

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When wealth becomes the marker … Continue reading

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