Surprising confirmation of gospel driven cultural obedience (GDCO)

Charles Murray is a controversial social analyst whose latest book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010, covers a slice of history in America that spans a significant portion of my own life. This interview that provides a good introduction to Murray’s worldview. Please consider watching the entire 34+ minute clip, so you can [...]

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Deficient devotion to duty

What follows are the very words of Abraham Kuyper: “The life of particular grace does not stand by itself, but has been placed by God amid the life of common grace. Since Holy Scripture is definitely not limited to opening up for us the way of salvation, but has been given also to enrich common [...]

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Going to work on Sunday: a suggestion for your adult education program

Happy Monday morning! We’re all starting a new work week this morning, having enjoyed a Sunday of rest-in-order-to-worship-so-we-can-work (check our previous post for more on this). Now it’s time to get back on the job. Here’s a quick suggestion for your summer adult learning. As part of serious discipleship, a.k.a. mentoring young believers (and each [...]

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A WoW is met by a ToW

Please do me a favor. For the next 19 minutes and 58 seconds of your life, sit still, watch, but especially listen to this hilariously and gruesomely provocative video. (Note: blasphemy alert at 11:07.) Then we’ll say more. Now you know what the “WoW” in our title stands for: our nation, our young people, our [...]

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