Darrow Shares Why He Wrote LifeWork: A Biblical Theology for What You Do Every Day

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The Universe is Ultimately Beautiful

The Aesthetic
That God is the first and perfect artist is attested by the beauty of creation. The fact that “in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” establishes the metaphysical foundation for all of the arts (painting, writing, composition, sculpting, dance, etc.) and  for human creativity. Beauty enriches our lives and brings a [...]

Influencing Culture through Film

My wife and I were beyond impressed by the recently released DVD, Fireproof.  Only later did I come to discover that all but one of the actors and producers were from the same local church.  Then I found out that the movie was created for only $500,000.  How much did it gross?  A whopping $33 [...]

Is Love Fireproof?

So, I never set out to become the staff member that makes lots of comments about movies and the arts, but I’ve happened upon this role, because I have found that media penetrates my mind and communicates to my heart in deep ways.
My wife and I watched the new movie last week which has just [...]

Top Scholars Confirm Truth of Christianity

This is a great article I’ve just finished reading titled Top Scholars Confirm the Truth of Christianity. The gentleman interviewed, Ted Baehr, is an acquaintance of my mentor, Darrow Miller.
Ted is an inspiration for many reasons as he is a great mind who works in the realm of culture and media.  He founded the nonprofit [...]

Challenging Movie Clip: Volition

I have not seen a film in a long time that has effected me so strongly.  In 15 minutes, this film (titled Volition) explores the choices of action and inaction at three major points in history. Our world truly makes it easy to conform and difficult to stand in opposition to societal pressures.  (While not [...]

Music that Writes Culture, Part 9 & Final

Does our King rule arbitrarily?  No.  He governs through His eternal laws and ordinances.  People and nations will prosper, living within the framework of God’s order.  They will suffer impoverishment and enslavement by choosing to live outside of this order.  We are measured against God’s laws and ordinances.  The Lord’s Prayer reminds us that Christ wants Heaven [...]

Music that Writes Culture, Part 8

We are coming to the end of our look at the New Year’s Carol – Joy to the World.  We have celebrated with Isaac Watts, the author of this wonderful carol, the joy and reason for the joy:  Jesus is the Messiah and His Kingdom is coming.  Christ is both Savior and Lord of both the [...]

Music that Writes Culture, Part 7

I mentioned earlier that years ago I had a “revelation” when I was singing this hymn.  This was the stanza that startled me.  There is an imperative here, “No more let sins and sorrows grow!”  How far?  “As far as the curse is found.”  Here in this hymn are marching orders for Christians.
No more let [...]

Music that Writes Culture, Part 6

How are we to respond to this good news?  The answer is found in the second line of the stanza:  ”Let men their songs employ!”  What does this mean?
To employ is “to use as an instrument of means” (Noah Webster’s 1828).  We use a saw for cutting, a pen for writing, a brush for painting, [...]