Discerning Culture
Have Good Things Captured Your Heart?
John Piper pens a post with this title: Know a Christian Who Seems to Love Movies More Than Jesus? A couple of paragraphs stand out in particular: Many professing Christians give little evidence of valuing Jesus more than the latest movie they have seen. Or the latest clothing they bought. Or the latest app they [...]
Helping Our Christian Teens Understand Liberty
I am working right now on a chapter to help parents understand and articulate Christian liberty to their teens. Douglas Wilson has a succinct wording that the wise Christian parent can use to explain this: HT BTW Douglas Wilson: The way others are to view your liberty is not the same way that you should [...]
Heroes and Celebrities
Kevin DeYoung makes a great point at his blog about heroes vs celebrities. This needs to be clear in our mind as we disciple our children. Are the people they are following heroes or celebrities? Here is part of what he had to say: “Christians need heroes. They can live without celebrities. The two are [...]
A 3 Minute Case Against Abortion
A compelling video to persuade any and all: 1. Not to have an abortion and 2. That abortion cannot continue in our country. Technology is making it obvious. This is a human life. One day, those who support abortion on demand will be seen like those who support slavery on demand; sickly out of touch [...]
This is Your Brain On Music
Thanks to Sharon, our home is filled with music. I am still coming to appreciate how important music is to life. Ignore the evolutionary talk and listen to some observations about the importance of music. There are all sorts of implications for young people and parents as they choose music. And for pastors as they [...]
