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Category Archive: Culture
Like it or not, we live in a culture that generally does not like God unless they get to decide what He’s like. It’s up to us to contextualize the gospel, and up to God to open their eyes to it. But we have to live in the culture to do that.
Apr 12 2011
Men=Mars, Women=Venus…Gen iY=Another Solar System
There is a new breed of employee walking through our front door. They are different than we are.
Mar 08 2011
Gotta Serve Somebody: Music-Bob Dylan. Words-John Piper.
John Piper offers additional lyrics to Bob Dylan’s Gotta Serve Somebody.
Sep 20 2010
Should Christians Practice Yoga?
When Christians practice yoga, they must either deny the reality of what yoga represents or fail to see the contradictions between their Christian commitments and their embrace of yoga. The contradictions are not few, nor are they peripheral. The bare fact is that yoga is a spiritual discipline by which the adherent is trained to …
Sep 17 2010
Hospitality and the Multicultural Church
No formula can deliver the church from centuries of ethnic tension, but we can adopt what Soong-Chan Rah calls a “learning posture” that will help us recognize God in other cultures besides our own and teach us to worship Him together.
Aug 30 2010
“I Love The Way You Lie” Eminem and Rihanna
It is the latest smash hit music video (no pun intended). “I Love the Way You Lie” by Eminem and Rihanna features Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan as a couple who have a tempestuous relationship to say the least. It’s definitely not a family friendly video. So why do we bring it to your attention?
Mar 04 2010
Evolution of the Hipster: Why Don’t Church Planters Target the Uncool?
Bill Stegerof the Acts 29 Network meets a lot of church planters. And he's noticed that every single one of them has a plan to reach cool, artsy, influential folks in major cities. None of them are targeting outliers. None of them are targeting rural areas populated by hillbillies and middle school dropouts. None of them are targeting declining, blue-collar cities. Considering that …
Feb 18 2010
Slogging Through The Shack: Thoughts, Reviews, Impressions
Regarding the popular book The Shack, John Piper tips us off via Twitter of some thoughts expressed by Tim Keller (Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Manhattan NY), while Al Mohler (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary), Dr. Michael Youssef (Church of the Apostles, Atlanta), Mark Driscoll (Mars Hill Church, Seattle) and Dr Norm Geisler (Veritas Evangelical Seminary) offers their thoughts as …
Jan 11 2010
The War on Success
A considerable amount of ministry is funded by the generosity of successful Christians. Is the movement towards socialistic government by the current Administration putting that at risk–and more? Atlanta Christian/business author Tommy Newberry believes so and has a book called coming out Monday that explains why.
Dec 15 2009
Ho, Ho, Ho…..or No, No, No….? Biblical Thoughts on Kids, Santa, and the Gospel
To do Santa or not to do Santa….that is often the question faced by parents of small kids each December. So we thought we'd search out some thoughts from friends on the web. Here's the question—and a valid one, regardless of where you may come down on the question: Are we practicing a form of …
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