Lamentations 3:14-16
14I have become the laughingstock of all peoples, the object of their taunts all day long. 15He has filled me with bitterness; he has sated me with wormwood. 16He has made my teeth... Read More
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The Christian worldview is the only way of life that gives a cogent and consistent explanation for the cause and persistence of evil in the world. Eastern religions, with their doctrine of reincarnation, should by now, it would seem, have improved the lot of most of their kind, by... READ FULL ARTICLE »
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The Good Seed
The Pattern of History (3)
“The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.” Matthew 13:37
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What Kind of World
The Pattern of History (2)
“The kingdom of God may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field…The field is the world…” Matthew 13:24, 38
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Our particularly cold winter was not the first unseasonable season to challenge the claims of global warming advocates. Chuck reminds of our cool summer, and points to some implications – and a valuable resource – for the whole climate change debate. This BreakPoint commentary was first published in October, 2009.
Too bad the baseball playoff game between the Phillies and the Rockies was postponed last weekend...because of snow. It was kind of a cool summer, wouldn’t you say? And those folks enjoying the early snows out west this fall, well, they might actually be praying for a little global warming.
It’s All Worldview
In this first installment in a new series, Chuck sets the foundation for beginning to think as Christians about issues relative to climate change and the environment.
In his World Peace Day message, Pope Benedict XVI included caring for the environment as an important part of promoting peace. Nothing controversial about that—environmental degradation has often led to conflict over resources.
What was controversial was the Pope’s speaking about environmental issues as if the Christian worldview were true. Benedict told his audience that “respecting the environment does not mean considering material or... READ FULL ARTICLE
Brave New Worldview
Huxley and the Postmoderns
Originally published on March 25, 1999.
One of the best barometers for critiquing attitudes in today's culture is to tune into The Diane Rhem Show on National Public Radio. A few days ago Rhem and a panel of distinguished guests discussed the book, Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley. And if you happened to tune in, you found out a lot about how our opinion elites think—or maybe don't think.
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Will pop culture be the end of historic Christianity?
I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
1 Corinthians 9.23
In Plato’s parable of the cave prisoners kept all their lives in a cave, contemplating the shadows on the wall, come to believe that this is all the reality there is. Then one escapes and discovers the outside world and, realizing there is more of color, vastness, wonder, and beauty than watching one’s own shadows bouncing in firelight against a cave wall, he returns to the cave to liberate his fellow captives into real life. Philosopher William Irwin
“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. ”
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Early in the musical Les Miserables, ex-convict Jean Valjean is taken in by a kind priest to be fed and housed for the night. Desperate and poor, Valjean gets up in the middle of the night to steal some... READ FULL ARTICLE
Wedding Plans
My beloved is mine, and I am his...
Song of Solomon 2:16
My second daughter is getting married this spring! She is marrying a fine Christian man who is currently on active duty in Afghanistan. She got engaged over a Skype call. The sparkling diamond ring was hidden unknown to her. She was simply asked to go on a scavenger hunt for certain items placed strategically in the house. The final lead brought her to the ring’s location. For the females reading this account we are enthralled by the romance. The guys are probably thinking, “How did he pull that off?”... READ FULL ARTICLE
A central feature in the Biblical view of life is The Curse: the understanding that things are bad – that they’re not the way they’re supposed to be – because the world and everything in it has been broken by mankind’s sin. Jesus came to reverse The Curse by eliminating its cause (mankind’s sin) through his death and resurrection. He then returned to heaven, sending his redeemed followers out into the world to live lives that imitate his Curse-reversing mission.
The assumption is that as Christians live in this broken world, we will encounter the results of The Curse
Christians and the Arts
A guide in the woods?
Selva obscura…a dark woods. So the great tale begins with a lost, middle-aged man—the poet Dante. As he is confronted by his sin, he has one thing in his favor: others are sending him help. As he languishes, he sees a ghost. This shade is poet Virgil, who symbolizes human reason and serves as Dante’s guide. Virgil also is simply what he is—a poet who calls Dante to look up—beyond his dismal circumstances. This upward glance leads Dante to see the love that “moves the Sun and the other stars.”
Today, we find ourselves in a dark woods, and... READ FULL ARTICLE
Community in a Box?
Reversing The Curse, Part 1 of 8
A central feature in the Biblical view of life is The Curse: the understanding that things are bad – that they’re not the way they’re supposed to be – because the world and everything in it has been broken by mankind’s sin. Jesus came to reverse The Curse by eliminating its cause (mankind’s sin) through his death and resurrection. He then returned to heaven, sending his redeemed followers out into the world to live lives that imitate his Curse-reversing mission.
The assumption is that as Christians live in this broken world, we will encounter the results of The Curse just as everyone does.... READ FULL ARTICLE
