Category: WORLDVIEW & CULTURE
Technology Addiction: Will We Do Anything about It?
The addictive power of technology. It’s like ivy on the edifice of our culture, every day growing stronger and finding more and more places to thrive. Today, wherever we go—to work, to school, to the park, to the bathroom, to bed—our technology goes with us to...
By Faith We Understand
The god of Science rules with an iron fist today. If Science says it’s true, then it’s true. If Science says it’s false, then it’s false. If Science is silent or ignorant on a particular subject, then silent or ignorant we must be as well—that is,...
YOLO
Figuring out the text-messaging code can be daunting for us older folks. As an example of the generational disconnect, the following text exchange is reported to have taken place between a mother and her teenage son: Mom’s question to her son: “What does IDK TTYL mean?”...
The Great Work of God: Rain
But as for me, I would seek God, And I would place my cause before God; Who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number. He gives rain on the earth, And sends water on the fields. (Job 5:8-10)If you said to someone: “My God does...
Should Christians Read The Quran?
I was recently asked if I had read The Quran, the foundational book of the religion known as Islam. The person asking was a Muslim (i.e., an adherent to Islam), and was concerned that I should check out Islam as another way to God before settling...
Should Christians Pursue the Arts?
I re-skimmed George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss last week. It has had a startlingly deep affect on me over these days—searching far into caves of feeling, and engendering a few meditative walks. Its themes have turned my mind to consider why it is that...
Returning to Narnia
It feels like an old friend is coming for a visit. Many of us who love the book The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe are delighted to see the story introduced to a wider audience and to return to Narnia ourselves through Walden Media and...
Narnia: More Than a Fantasy
The shape of Clives Staples Lewis’ early life was full of ups and downs. His mother died before he was ten leaving him and his brother alone in a large house for hours, in their imaginary worlds of Animal-Land and India. The boys’ imaginations were fueled...
Obtaining the Inheritance: The Big Story
It was a starry night when God told Abram, soon to be Abraham, that he would have as many descendants as the stars of the sky. On that same night He told him that the land he was on would be his also. I am the...
Love, the Law, and Your Music Collection
How many digital recordings do you have in your personal music collection? If you’re a typical music lover, you have hundreds, if not thousands of recordings. But how did you acquire your collection? Did you pay to download music from a legitimate online source onto your...
