Posts Tagged ‘Culture’
Incarnation and Inculturation
The incarnation of Jesus Christ is a fundamental of the gospel. Essential to our salvation is the teaching that the Second Person of the Godhead laid aside his visible divine glory and added to his eternal person a complete human nature. From the annunciation onward God fully entered into the human experience, passing through gestation,…
Read MoreCultural Accommodation, the Growing Danger for Christian Education
Christian colleges face a growing danger from the tsunami-like changes in Western countries. The danger comes from the moral changes in the wider public and from the personal problems students now bring with them to college. Let me give some examples. An Evangelical Christian college near where I live has almost 2,000 students. 60% of…
Read MoreEvangelizing the Cold-Hearted
We live in a cold place. Winter in Calgary can last 6-7 months of the year. Neighbors often don’t see neighbors during those days, except for the occasional greeting here and there from the mailbox or a snow-shoveled driveway. Most people are content to keep to themselves. Calgary is also a wealthy city. A lot…
Read MoreHow to Desecrate a Religion
Last month one of our campus societies sponsored a Color Run for the student body and faculty. For those who don’t know, a Color Run is an untimed 5K event in which the goal is to finish the race plastered in a rainbow of brilliantly colored powders. The original Color Run organization, which began in…
Read MoreShop ‘Til you Drop?
Gordon Dickson FrontLine • November/December 2004 Well, here we go again into another holiday season. It is commonlly understood that the stores have tried to “break even” for the rest of the year hoping to make a profit during this period. As you know, this “season” has expanded over the years. Thus, in American shops,…
Read MoreUnraveling Culture?
Don Johnson Current headlines are very troubling. Riots. Extremism. Mobs. Demands. Social justice. Race. Racism. Diversity. Tolerance. Intolerance. All of these words come to mind. Several younger fundamentalists offer some insight. I’d like to commend their blogs to you.
Read MoreIs Fundamentalism a Cultural Phenomenon?
Gerald L. Priest FrontLine • May/June 2009 One criticism leveled against Fundamentalists is their refusal to engage the culture. Sociologist Alan Wolfe writes, “When believers refuse to engage the culture, their opponents dismiss them as fanatics, frustrated people rendered insecure by the dilemmas and opportunities of modernity.”1 Implicit in this complaint is resentment toward Fundamentalists…
Read MorePrinciples of Authority in Romans 13:1–4
Bud Steadman The story is told of a young man who was living a rebellious life and longed for his personal freedom from authority. One day in great anger he cried out, “I’m tired of my parents telling me what to do. I want to run my own life.” So, he joined the Marines. We…
Read MoreProtecting the Hearts at Home
Tony L. Miller When our daughter was in high school, a European film company came to our area to produce a documentary on Christianity in America. They interviewed and filmed our family for this program. The main focus was an extended private interview of our daughter by one of the company’s women. To say the…
Read MoreThe Emperor’s New Clothes (Hint: It’s a dress)
Don Johnson A few days ago Matt Recker gave us an article affirming the Biblical view of human nature: “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” (Gen 1.27). His article resonates with most of the readers of this blog, and…
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