Posted in Counseling, Culture, Quotes on February 27, 2008 | No Comments »
The most recent post by Al Mohler on his blog is so poignant and concise, that I felt it is best to just include it in its entirety:
When thinking of signs of our times, consider this advertisement from a Nebraska newspaper. The ad was brought to my attention by a helpful listener to the radio [...]
Posted in Culture, Thoughts, Verses on February 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw. All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?”
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man casts out demons [...]
Posted in Audio, Bible, Culture on February 12, 2008 | No Comments »
The faculty at The Master’s Seminary are in the middle of their annual faculty lecture series, this time entitled “The Truth about Homosexuality.” If you’ve ever wondered what more there is than simply “the Bible says that it is sin” or perhaps you aren’t even convinced that much, then you might be interested to check [...]
Posted in Articles, Blogs, Books, Culture on January 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
While not an authoritative post on the subject, I was pleased to see the topic brought up in a recent Boundless article, which I’ve cleaned up a little to present below. Hopefully it should stimulate some thought. All too often we stop at labeling or categorizing instead of digging deeper to find find the root [...]
Posted in Culture on November 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Not everything is at is seems. The latest post by Simon Cozens makes an interesting observation while explaining the use of a religious symbol on walls. This is a good illustration of the importance of truly understanding a culture when doing missionary work.
Occasionally in Kyoto you will see, stuck into the walls of [...]
Posted in Blogs, Culture, Media, Ministry on November 16, 2007 | No Comments »
So much can be said about Christians and media, and truthfully a lot more has been said that needs to. Here are a couple more thoughts, largely in reference to a follow up post at Christ and Pop Culture.
Rich, thank you for interacting with my post and for some of your insightful remarks. I do [...]
Posted in Books, Culture on October 25, 2007 | No Comments »
As usual, Albert Mohler has the pulse of society, or at least reads those who do. His latest blog entry is entitled “The Loss of Vocation and its Recovery — The Listening Heart.” Here are some excerpts:
The concept of vocation — in the theological sense of a calling — has all but disappeared from contemporary [...]
Posted in Culture, Theology on October 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Joe Thorn shares with us his six rules (be sure to see his post for the entire text):
What do people mean when they say “cultural engagement?” That phrase is often spurned as if it means thoughtless syncretism between the church and culture. In my reading it rarely means that. It is certainly not what I [...]
Posted in Blogs, Culture on October 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Boundless Line has a wonderful post today, commenting on the increased options available to us for nearly everything imaginable, and the consequences of such choice:
The idea behind the “money buys happiness” theory has to do with wealth giving you more options. You can decide between vacationing in Florida or in Austria. You can buy a [...]
