The Protestant Reformation is without a doubt one of the most significant events in history. Even non-Christian scholars can agree that the Reformation had a profound political and philosophical impact on the Western world. For Christians the import of this event is most squarely set around the theological and ecclesiastical revolutions which took place and … Continue reading Luther’s Other Reformation
The topic of social justice is one which ebbs and flows but always resurfaces in discussions of politics and ethics in relation to Christianity. Most recently the topic has been shifted to center-stage once again by the Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel signed by such prominent figures as John MacArthur, Voddie Baucham, and … Continue reading Francis Schaeffer on Social Justice
As George Weigel reported in First Things, the past one-hundred years have been “the greatest era of persecution in Christian history,” so much so that “more Christians died for the faith in the twentieth century than in the previous nineteen centuries of Christian history combined.” More and more often in the world there is an slowly … Continue reading The Christian and Submission to Civil Government
In his classic work Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton asks whether one can “hate [the world] enough to change it, and yet love it enough to think it worth changing?”In this quote Chesterton - likely much to his chagrin - expresses something more in line with the reformer Martin Luther, setting Christ and culture in a paradoxical … Continue reading Sacred & Secular: How Should Christians Interact With the World?
Depression as a general phenomenon has often been referred to as “the common cold of psychopathology”; an extreme of this condition – Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) – serves to be a much more severe form of depression, indeed, it is “one of the most common, debilitating, and deadly psychiatric conditions.” In order to best understand … Continue reading Depression – A [Short] Study
There are no shortage of books on the topic of leadership. Indeed, pointing out this fact is the first thing that most books on leadership seem to do. These books also point out that there is a crisis of leadership in the world today, such as having traded true leadership for celebrity. In order to … Continue reading The Art of Christian Leadership
For many Christians in the church today the term “missions” brings to mind fuzzy images of Caucasian Christians entering into jungles to give the Gospel to the unreached tribal peoples who live therein. Mission isn’t something that the majority of Christians see themselves as being involved in apart from the occasional donation they might give … Continue reading The Missional Church of the Missional God – Coming Into a Fuller Understanding of Christian Missions
iven the fact of living in a fallen world there are many unpleasant things people have to deal with, things which cause varying types of pain. Things which must be confronted. Within the Christian church, one such cause of pain which does not get the attention it needs is the abuse of women within the Christian … Continue reading Shame & Abuse in the Christian Home
In the Name of Jesus is renowned author Henri Nouwen's call toward a deeper and more truly Christian idea of leadership. His gleanings in this book are taken primarily from his experience living in a house for the mentally handicapped, and the things that he learned about leadership and ministry in the process. Nouwen is … Continue reading Book Review: In The Name of Jesus – Henri Nouwen
The idea of contending with racism in the present day can seem somewhat paradoxical. Growing up we were taught that everybody was equal, that black people and white people and Hispanic people were all the same, and that the racists were the people who said that they weren't the same. Our generation grew up with … Continue reading Working through the vice of not seeing color
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