Shaping Culture One Classroom at a Time
Over 60 years ago, Carl F. H. Henry questioned whether evangelicals could justify having so much money invested in church buildings that were only used a couple of days per week. He wrote, “The day has now come for evangelicalism to rethink its whole building program. By tremendous outlay of funds, most church communities provide a worship structure which usually stands idle except for two Sundays services and a midweek prayer...
Pathways to Truth: The Importance of Books in the Life of a Child
by Christa Hill I have loved books for a long time. From the time I was a toddler, my parents read to me and took me to the library for reading programs and armloads of borrowed books. In elementary school, I was (and, admittedly, occasionally still am) the girl who searched the back of many closets hoping that I would finally get to Narnia. During my middle school years, I dreamed of being a brilliant ace detective like my favorite...
Ministering in an Age of Distraction
An image has recently surfaced on Twitter showing the intense hold that electronic media has on children The picture portrays a gathering of students in front of one of Rembrandt’s most famous and moving pieces, The Night Watch, at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum.[1] What’s interesting, although not surprising, is that none of the students are observing the painting, but all of them are looking at their phones. With the opportunity to look at...
Dignity and Death: Part II
“How should Christians think about dying?” That is the question we considered in Part I. Additionally, we examined some historical considerations regarding physician-assisted suicide. We traced this issue from Dr. Kevorkian in the 1990s to the most recent form of legislation in California that allows physicians to prescribe medicine for terminally ill patients to end their own lives. In this essay, we’ll focus...
We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry – Book Review
by Daniel A. Webster The average American Christian is quick to dismiss a book about idolatry on the grounds that worshipping graven figurines is not a modern church practice. However, when one considers that over one-third of the world’s population claims to be Hindu, Buddhist, or Catholic—all of which implement statues or icons in their worship—the topic seems strikingly pertinent. Even still, for many American pastors, the topic of...
Dignity and Death: Part I
In a landmark case on September 11, 2015, the California State Legislature approved a bill allowing for physician-assisted suicide. California Governor Jerry Brown signed the End of Life Option Act into law on October 5. The legislation now allows physicians to prescribe medicine for terminally ill patients to end their own lives. The political backdrop to this bill is interesting because the California...
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