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Christianity and the World

By ⋅ January 24, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The old saying goes that the church is only 10 years behind the world morally/culturally.  That was part of last night’s message looking into “respectable sins”—those sins that Christians commit that are ranked as “not bad” because “everyone does them.” This is a charge that I’ve heard before, and I have to say that I [...]

Will Cultural Issues Influence This Election Too?

By ⋅ October 15, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

In 2004, when President Bush won his second term, there was a lot going on in that election.  Multiple states had votes on Same-Sex Marriage and Constitutional Amendments, and exit polling offered a bewildering statistic that created the term “Values Voter.” Many credited Pres. Bush and his adviser, Karl Rove, with orchestrating the perfect “Get-Out-The-Vote” [...]

All in the Family

By ⋅ March 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

We have come a long way in America.  Especially when it comes to equality, and yet I’m not sure if all of the advances that we have made have been positive. For one thing, the family as a unit is in shambles.  Marriage has been devalued to the point that people are asking “why get [...]

The Problem With the Culture Argument

By ⋅ February 25, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

There are many things in the Bible that we do not adhere to in today’s church.  We do not teach them as commands.  We don’t encourage people to follow them.  We try to ignore that they are even in the Bible.  And we do this because they are counter-cultural and inconvenient. And this is part [...]

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