Category Archives: Culture
Why The Nation Needs the Family
by Dwight Vogt Here in the US it’s an election year and we’re constantly being reminded that the big issues are the economy (i.e. the health of business) and the role of government. Recently, a colleague shared a comment he … Continue reading
Freedom Comes From Religious Education, But Not Just Any Religion
Mike Metzger’s recent essay, The Fourth R caught my attention. (As we wrote here, Mike is the Senior Fellow and President of the Clapham Institute. His weekly DoggieHead Tilt blog is a regular part of my reading.) Mike says the … Continue reading
One Geography, Two Nations: Why is America Becoming More Polarized?
The following post is offered in response to Ben Hoffman’s comments last week. I think most observers of American society would agree that we are becoming more polarized. We are a nation divided. In fact, we are actually two very … Continue reading
Reflections on Social Justice – Where did the term social justice come from?
As we saw earlier, the term social justice, while not found in scripture, is clearly rooted in the Biblical cosmology and narrative. But where did the term originate? From its root in scripture, the concept of social justice travels through … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Social justice, Worldview
Tagged Heritage Foundation, Luigi Taparelli D’Azeglio, Summa Theologica
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The Moral Poverty of the West, part II
A few weeks ago we wrote about the riots in England last summer. Since then we have seen more news related to the growing lawlessness in our societies. We are seeing more and more flash mobs forming in US cities to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Current events, Morality/Ethics, Worldview
Tagged C. S. Lewis, David Cameron
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Reflections on Social Justice: First, Define the Terms
After Scott Allen’s recent post, What Exactly Do You Mean By “Social Justice?” our readers asked for more. So this is the first in a series we plan to publish on issues related to social justice. Many young Christians care … Continue reading
God Plus Ordinary People = Impact
Over the years I have been struck by the fact that God inhabits the ordinary. The birth of a child is an everyday miracle. God often uses unknown people to change their community or world. Dallas Willard captures this concept … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Imago Dei, Women
Tagged Ashish Center, Christianity, disabled children, female foeticide, gendercide, humility, justice, mercy, Salt initiatives
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Tim Keller, Young Leaders, and the Mission of the Church
A vigorous conversation is happening today around the question, “What is the mission of the church?” A few weeks ago, Tim Keller addressed the topic in this blog post on the Redeemer City to City website. In the article Keller … Continue reading
The Villars Statement: Looking at Relief and Development from a Biblical Worldview
Almost a quarter century ago a group of scholars, relief and development practitioners, and missionaries gathered near L’Abri Fellowship in Villars, Switzerland, to discuss, debate, and reflect on the state of global hunger and poverty and the Christian response to … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Mandate, Development, Discipleship, Great Commission, Poverty, Worldview
Tagged relief and development; christianity; villars statement; biblical mandates for development; poverty; hunger; suffering; compassion; marxism; redistribution of wealth; opportunity; economics; causes of
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