Archive for the ‘Thoughts on the Culture’ Category
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Are people reading the Bible and living by it?
The Barna research group has been collecting statistics about the state of the Christian Wordview for almost 15 years now. The summary points are astounding:
46% of professing Christians believe in absolute truth
79% of believers think the Bible is accurate
Only 40% of professing ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
Americans are always looking for a magic bullet. Whether it is money, health, or spiritual growth. We can spot these all around us if we look, and I know that there was a time when I was a victim of the mentality myself. I was in college studying biology, chemistry, ...
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Monday, January 7th, 2013
For today's article, I wanted to resurrect a letter that I wrote almost five years ago. To set the stage, I had just graduated with my doctors degree and I was teaching at Bucknell University. I was always in contact with several of my teachers from High School and I ...
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
Bullets echo through the halls of schools, the corridors of malls, and the darkness of theaters. Gun control proponents scream to 'get guns out of American society!' and the world breaks into tears wondering why this would happen...again, and then someone, probably an agnostic, asks if there is a Good ...
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
The time of year for Halloween is once again upon us. For a full detail of the history and some really interesting facts, please visit my article from last year entitled 'Happy Helloween'. Today, I wanted to review some basics and give some thoughts on the Christian response to this ...
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Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
As I was running the other day, I came to a thought. I started to run because I found myself getting the ‘computer guy gut’. When I was in graduate school, I looked down and found myself taking on weight, so I made some standard lifestyle changes that made me ...
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Friday, October 14th, 2011
I have been thinking of this again as I continue to watch Hells Bells 2 over and over. I think about the old music that I gave up when I became a Christian. I think also of what I still have. Not only the music, but I also examine the ...
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
I have much to say on the topic of church. There is a great falling-out in our church day, and I would love to address some of the issues. The one that I want to look at today is the topic children's church. Although I am a very talented children's ...
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Sunday, October 9th, 2011
My heart weighs heavy today as I reflect. I have no specific idea where I am going with this post, so I will just write and see what happens. I guess that at times, we must think inward and pray how we might grow outward. No growth comes without a ...
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Thursday, October 6th, 2011
I was out after church with a bunch of sports freaks. You know the type: loud, rowdy, teasing each other about the jerseys that they were wearing. I got to talking to another person that was there that, much like myself, was not really into sports. We made an interesting ...
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