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Racism and Critical Race Theory Part 2, Social Unrest
PrintVolume 27, Issue 2, February 2021 In Part One of this series on racism and Critical Race Theory (CRT), we examined the current conversation, including many of the terms now in vogue, to try to get a handle on the worldview of critical theory. As stated at the close of that article, once a person accepts CRT, it becomes the lens through which he or she views and understands all social justice issues, and in many ways all of life in Western culture. According to critical theory, only the woke will be able to grasp the meaning of racism, intersectionality, whiteness, and all related concerns, and only by becoming woke is there hope for our society and churches. We need to shine the light of Scripture on these theories in order to discern whether they are congruent with the Word of God. But before doing so, it would be instructive…Read More »
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Racism and Critical Race Theory Part 1 The Current Conversation
PrintVolume 27, Issue 1, January 2021 Among the most pressing issues of our times are those surrounding systemic racism. I write this even in light of an extremely important Presidential election and being engulfed in the Covid-19 pandemic because, as …Read More »Biblical Discernment in Christian Literature
PrintVolume 26, Issue 4, August/September 2020 Biblical discernment today, if not at an all-time low, is surely bumping along at the bottom of the pond, and nowhere is that more evident than in Christian literature. Most people, if a book …Read More »The Enneagram Part 2
PrintVolume 26, Issue 3, June/July 2020 In the first article on this subject, I began by developing a case for biblical authority and sufficiency, stating that anything that attempts to by-pass Scripture as the source of truth for Christian living …Read More »The Enneagram – Part 1
PrintVolume 26, Issue 2, April/May 2020 If you have not heard of the Enneagram yet, you will soon. According to Wikipedia it “is a model of the human psyche which is principally understood and taught as a typology of nine interconnected personality types. …Read More »
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Diary of a Pastor’s Soul
PrintM. Craig Barns offers this fictionalized depiction of a pastor nearing retirement looking back over his years of ministry. Barnes, is currently the president of Princeton Theological Seminary and a professor of pastoral ministry. Coupling his 37 years of pastoral …Read More »Another Gospel? A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity
PrintAlisa Childers was well grounded in orthodox Christian beliefs when she began attending a class at her local church led by a progressive pastor. “Progressive” is the contemporary word for “emergent” as in the Emergent Movement led by Brian McLaren, …Read More »Broken-Down House, Living Productively in a World Gone Bad by Paul David Tripp
PrintPaul Tripp uses the metaphor of a house, desperately in need of repair, and about to collapse, to describe our sinful, fallen world. Christians are dwelling in this broken-down house; how is it that we should live? The author states …Read More »Why Social Justice is Not Biblical Justice, An Urgent Appeal to Fellow Christians in a Time of Social Crisis by Scott David Allen
PrintScott Allen is president of the Disciple Nations Alliance which exists “to equip the church to rise to her full potential as God’s principal agent in restoring, healing and blessing broken nations” (p. 250). Allen’s goal is to demonstrate that …Read More »