This is where Ground and Sky meet — where scientific implications about reality connect with our human experience as rational, spiritual beings. This section will include essays, practical advice, outlines, teaching guides, and templates for evaluating, discussing, instructing, and applying the Christian worldview to life in the real world. Because the culture is the place where what we believe about reality is reflected and played out, this is also where you will find analysis of cultural trends that tell us a lot about the nature and reliability of our worldview.
Anyone who was alive 60 years ago this past week probably remembers where they were and what they were doing on the morning of November 22, 1963. It’s a day that is emblazoned in our minds because it was the day that one of the greatest and most influential men in modern history died. Sadly, …
I’m going to admit something that you may find shocking. I hate Candyland. When my kids were little, I cheated at the game. I hated it because it requires no skill, no memorization, no strategy. The path to victory depends only on the random drawing of the right-colored card. That’s why I would pre-stack the cards. …
I don’t do book reviews very often. But in our current culture, I believe that Carl R. Trueman’s, Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution is a must-read for anyone who’s interested in truth, reality, and critical thinking. That is especially true if you claim to take your Christian …
When the Roe-v-Wade decision descended onto the American landscape in January, 1973, Frederica Mathewes-Green, was a self-described “anti-war, mother-earth, feminist, hippie college student” whose car sported a bumper sticker that read, “Don’t Labor Under Misconception; Legalize Abortion.” [i] Three years later, she had done an about-face and has since become one of the pro-life movement’s most eloquent defenders. …
The church service at our suburban Cincinnati non-denominational church had barely ended when I started receiving text messages from friends. All of them shared some version of the same question my wife and I were asking each other about the sermon we had just heard from a visiting preacher: “What in the world was that?!” …
The trouble began before the Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCOTUS) decision on the now-famous Dobbs-v-Jackson case was even officially released. There were protests across the nation, including picketing and death threats aimed at six SCOTUS judges. Police arrested a would-be assassin at the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. There were similar threats made …
St. Francis of Assisi may have died 800 years ago, but his influence still looms. He was a man who venerated nature and lived a life of great sacrifice in service to God and his church. But within the Christian ecosystem, he has become most famous for an adage that strikes a chord with anyone …
Back in the good ‘ole days of 2015, the fight over allowing transgender women to use the women’s bathroom in Charlotte, North Carolina, took center stage in the national political debate. At the time, only a Chicken Little would suggest that mixing gender preference and sexual identity could lead to harmful outcomes. In an article …
Nicholas Eberstadt, the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute, is a demographic expert. He has identified some sobering trends that are cause for concern for the future of America. In his article, “Can America Cope with Demographic Decline?”, Eberstadt points out that the traditional attempts to address those worries through government …
A few years ago, a friend of mine told me about his own personal tradition of fasting during Lent — the season leading up to the celebration of Easter. He said that the impact the experience had on him the first year he attempted it was powerful. It led him to continue the practice every …