Book Review: Christ in the Chaos: How the Gospel Changes Motherhood
by Ana Batts Nine months of pregnancy, or months (sometime years) walking the road to adoption, can never prepare you for motherhood. Before those bundles of joy are sleeping through the night, there are a thousand people telling you the “best” way to feed, clothe, diaper, and raise your baby. It doesn’t end when babies become toddlers, preschoolers, elementary age, or teenagers. There will always be people watching, making sure that...
Poetry, the Afterlife, & Today
by Nathan Trimble “And this is the promise that he made to us—eternal life” (1 Jn. 2:25). Christianity is a religion of the past, present, and future. Yet what will this future look like for Christians? What will the afterlife, that period of time immediately following physical death on earth and extending throughout eternity, contain for those who claim Christ as their Savior? When we look to Scripture, we read about the resurrection...
Shaping Not Shielding Our Students
by Dr. Ian Hawkins I recently had an interesting conversation with some friends from graduate school. One of them is a lesbian, and the other a Mormon. The lesbian mentioned that she does not believe that science is as objective as she once thought. However, the Mormon began asking me why I didn’t believe in evolution. I found this ironic: the lesbian seemed more sympathetic to my perspective on science than the Mormon. What was most...
Revisiting the Scopes Monkey Trial
by John Carter Particular events have a way of describing certain decades, or defining certain eras. The Scopes Trial is one such example. The “Scopes Monkey Trial” reinforced a movement in the country away from its moorings. It isn’t the only event, but it was advertised as confirmation that the U. S. was systematically inching its way into the scientific and technological modern world. Any vestiges of a religious or theological past...
Are We Presenting the Gospel Correctly?
by J. Clint Adams Every generation of Christians must confront and contend with certain challenges. These can range from false doctrines within the Church, to unbelievers’ direct attacks on the faith, to varieties of moral decay. It is critical that we recognize these challenges, not only for the sake of our generation, but for the sake of coming generations, too. One of the great questions for the Church is whether it is presenting...
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