Posted on October 7, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
Vishal Mangalwadi will be on Hank Hannegraaff’s “The Bible Answer Man” radio program Thursday, October 8 and Friday, October 9. Here’s what Hank recently wrote about the book:
Every now and then I come across a book that is “must reading!” And that is precisely what happened this week. The book, titled Truth and Transformation, was [...]
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Posted on October 1, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
I’m a big fan of the writing of Dallas Willard. His recent book, Knowing Christ Today (which is quite different from his previous writings focused on spiritual formation) deals with themes of knowledge, truth, and worldview. Willard’s combined vocation as a Southern Baptist pastor and professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California enables him [...]
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Posted on September 25, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
Following up on my last post, The Greatness of a Society, I want to share excerpts from an incredibly well done pro-life movie that is in the works.
A U.S. Senate report states: “Physicians, biologists and other scientists agree that conception marks the beginning of the life of a human being–a being that is alive and [...]
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Posted on September 23, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
Many are familiar with the saying that “The greatness of a society is measured by how well that society cares for the weakest human life.” I find myself reflecting on this regularly during the shifts in our nation. As I continue to work on our ongoing project, The 13 Transforming Truths, I was struck by [...]
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Posted on September 21, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
The following blog is the final installment in a six-part series on worldview and work taken from Darrow Miller’s new book LifeWork: A Biblical Theology for What You Do Every Day.
The modern evangelical church, instead of providing a worldview that will challenge the tragic impoverishment of the animistic and materialistic paradigms, has largely withdrawn [...]
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Posted on September 19, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
The following blog is fifth in a six-part series on worldview and work taken from Darrow Miller’s new book LifeWork: A Biblical Theology for What You Do Every Day.
In some developing countries you will find men with very long fingernails on their pinky finger as a sign of their disdain for work. Because one [...]
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Posted on September 17, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
The following blog is fourth in a six-part series on worldview and work taken from Darrow Miller’s new book LifeWork: A Biblical Theology for What You Do Every Day.
Billions of people in the developing world are also dying to hear this open invitation from the Creator and Savior of the universe. Unaware of their [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
The following blog is the third in a six-part series on worldview and work taken from Darrow Miller’s new book LifeWork: A Biblical Theology for What You Do Every Day.
Social critic Os Guinness describes the shift away from a biblical worldview in Western societies as a move from a “calling economy” to a “commercial [...]
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Posted on September 4, 2009 by Disciple Nations Alliance
The following blog is first in a six-part series on worldview and work taken from Darrow Miller’s new book LifeWork: A Biblical Theology for What You Do Every Day.
Most adults in the Western world spend half of their waking hours at work. In many developing countries, the number of hours spent at work is even [...]
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