Tag: worldviews
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Say It with Me: Cognitive Dissonance
This is the third installment of a series, introducing terms and ideas that may be unfamiliar to most but are increasingly necessary for the thinking Christian to understand. “But they’re organic!” Because we don’t have a Trader Joe’s near our house, whenever my wife can make a trip out to the closest one, she stocks […]
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The Problems of Scientism
Few things earn you more credibility in a conversation than dropping a “scientists have found” or “studies have shown.” This is because our culture places such a high premium on scientific understanding. And, rightly so! Science has given us spectacular insight into our universe and has improved our lives in countless ways. Do we value […]
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Thinking about 2019
What does the year 2019 have in store for us? What does the gospel of Christ have for 2019? If there is one thing that 2018 taught us, it is that none one knows what a year may bring. Yet, our culture would have us believe that it offers an abundance of solutions to bring […]
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Thankful for Thanksgiving
I love Thanksgiving! I love the rest. I love the time with family. I love the food–way too much. Thanksgiving is a time of reflection, which is always a good thing. We all can point to ways in which our lives could have been vastly better. However, this is a time when we recognize that […]
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Say It with Me: Plausibility Structures
This is the second installment of a series, introducing terms and ideas that may be unfamiliar to most but are increasingly necessary for the thinking Christian to understand. The term will probably not work its way into your casual conversation any time soon. However, it may play a part next time someone talks to you […]
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Every Christian a Curator
Where I grew up, “Take care!” was a common saying when two people parted ways. I love the implications. The phrase expresses a desire for the person to take care of themselves because, in a manner of speaking, they are worthy of care.
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Every Christian an Apologist
Last week, I mentioned the U.S. Marine Corps’ legacy of “Every Marine a rifleman.” In my research on the phrase, I came upon one Marine’s explanation of what that means: It means if needed any Marine regardless of job can stand a post such as convoy escort, guard duty, etc. It means if your position […]
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Say It with Me: Worldview
This is the first installment of a series, introducing terms and ideas that may be unfamiliar to most but are increasingly necessary for the thinking Christian to understand. At first glance, worldview seems like an arcane topic reserved only for the more philosophically minded. Discussing worldviews can get tedious and sometimes downright arbitrary. However, worldview […]
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The Questions They’re Asking and the Answers They’re Getting
…and What We Should Do about It Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I have never been much of Star Wars fan (please don’t unsubscribe), so when my student hit me this quote in the middle of a conversation about morality, my reaction was little more than an eye-roll. Fortunately, I was able to convince […]
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Both Sides of Every Story
As quotable as C.S. Lewis is, my favorite quote of his has to be the following: I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. As was his style, in this one statement he says so much. The […]
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