The Role of Music in Civic Life
by Jacob Lute Introduction: The Communal Bond of Music Most of us would readily admit that music plays a significant role in our personal lives; after all, we spend countless hours listening to music in our cars or through our earbuds. But how often do we consider the role it plays in our social and community lives? I was raised in Southern Ohio where my family had a special affinity for college football, especially when The Ohio...
Recommended Books (Summer 2023)
The dog days of summer have been punishing this year in much of the United States. The extreme heat and, in the South, high humidity have strongly incentivized each of us to find shelter inside air-conditioned buildings. The increased time indoors before the crisp days of Autumn arrive provide us with some good opportunity for reading. Below, you will find reading suggestions from our group that come from a wide range of disciplines...
Stewarding Fertility
Recently my husband and I, no longer able to stifle our curiosity, sat down to watch the Amazon Prime documentary, Shiny Happy People. While I will not weigh in here on the actual merits of the documentary, it highlights, through its depiction of the Dugger family, a movement found in some conservative Christian circles referred to as “Quiverfull.” The term is taken from Psalm 127:3–5, “Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord:...
Biblical Marriage
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. (Ephesians 5:31–33; KJV) Throughout history, Satan and sin have consistently worked to undermine the institution...
HSF Conversations: Christians in Culture
In this episode of Conversations, Phillip T. Morgan interviews Matthew Steven Bracey and Christopher Talbot about the upcoming book, Christians in Culture, which they co-edited. In addition to reviewing its material, they discuss what inspired the project, what surprises they had along the way, and how the book can serve students, pastors, and laypeople. Endorsees include David Dockery, Albert Mohler, Harry Reeder, Eddie Moody, and...
Worry and a Good Word
“Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad” (Prov. 12:25, ESV). Reflection In Proverbs 12:25, Solomon gives a concrete picture of how the abstract concept of anxiety affects us. The first image that popped into my mind when reading these words was a pharmaceutical commercial for Spiriva, a medicine used to treat certain respiratory problems. That commercial featured an elephant sitting on a man’s chest,...
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