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To Trust in Man or the Lord, that is the Question
As a young pup Christian in college in the Jesus Revolution days, I was born-again into a Scripture memory focused campus Christian organization. I memorized a very lot of verses, chapters of epistles and even entire letters, like Philippians, and chunks of other...
Pietistic Gnostic Dualism’s Influence on Modern Christianity
In a couple previous posts I wrote about what it means that the Christian’s citizenship in is heaven, and what it does not mean, and how the understanding of our spiritual home developed in the history of Pietism. This happened, along with the predictable consequences...
The History of Pietism and Christian Cultural Irrelevance
Pietism is the most important development in the history of Christianity most Christians have never heard of. It wasn’t high on my radar either until a few years back when I began to learn about its contribution to the rise of secularism in Western culture. Because of...
Articles on Theology
Reformed Theology and Building Our Children’s Faith
Those of you who are parents know those moments Madison Avenue has coined as "priceless." I had one the other night that thrilled my soul when my son said something to the effect, "I'm so glad that God is my salvation." The subtitled of my book gets at why this was so...
KORN Guitarist’s ‘Loud Krazy Love’ Documentary: Powerful
God saves sinners. That thought keep ringing in my brain as we recently watched a new documentary about the Brian Welch, the lead guitarist of a heavy metal band called Korn. Loud Krazy Love, is not for the faint of heart (or children), or those sensitive to F-bombs....
Acts 2:37-41 – Repent and Be Baptized: “The promise is for you and your children . . .”
At my other blog I'm writing my way through the Bible, one of the best things I've ever done, and something I highly recomend for anyone who loves Scripture and likes to write. The last couple mornings I've been focused on this passage in Acts, and I make the case...
Articles on Explanatory Power
Notable Quotation
What is the materialist creed? Modern materialism denies that we have a soul and reduces us to a mere body. In doing so, it assumes that all our actions are determined by physical forces, and therefore denies that we have free will. It therefore declares to be unreal...
Modern Science Makes Belief in God More Plausible Than Ever
I came across an article today entitled, "The Astounding Truth About the Hubble Space Telescope's Most Famous Image." In it was an image pretty much like the one on the left. We learn in the piece that: The specks of color and light you see are not stars; they are...
Science is Becoming God’s Best Friend
We live in a secular age, at least in the West, in which the dominion of science for all the good it has done has essentially replaced God for many people who find religion untenable. If "Science" says it, people believe it, few questions asked. In a little discussion...
Articles on Culture
Secularism and Mass Shootings
I've been on a bit of a secularism kick of late, and as you may know I'm not a fan. I thought of secularism, and its discontents, as I heard of the latest American mass shooting in our new home state of Florida. Seventeen people killed in the prime of life, not by a...
Secularism and the Berlin Wall, Part 4 – Secularism Unmasked
In my previous post I dealt with why secularism might be appealing in our modern context. I argued that it's not anything inherent in secularism that makes it more appealing than Christianity, but the cultural messaging machine that promotes it. That's why it's a...
Secularism and the Berlin Wall, Part 3 – The Appeal of Secularism
I ended my last post claiming that secularism is no less a paper tiger than the Berlin Wall. That's quite an assertion in the face of a secular cultural hegemony that seems to approach absolute. Everywhere we look, people who claim the name of Christ are on the...
Articles on Apologetics
“Risen” Trailer Available
I learned about this movie called "Risen" coming out next spring, obviously around Easter. It looks very promising, with a big name lead, Joseph Fiennes, and obviously excellent production values. From the piece at Empire: Kevin Reynolds’ film, which he co-wrote with...
Notable Quotation
[M]oral relativism implies that neither cultures (if conventionalism is in view) nor individuals (if subjectivism is in view) can improve their moral code. The only thing they can do is change it. Why? Consider any change in code from believing, say, racism is right...
Articles on Parenting and Family
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