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How Much Should I Give? A Biblical Perspective

August 3, 2020

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There seems to be two extremes when it comes to how Christians view their relationship with their possessions. The first one is that God wants 10%, often called the tithe. This is based on an Old Testament principle that the first 10% of what God gives us goes back to him. For this group, after you've learned how much to give, you've essentially fulfilled your duty and can do whatever you want with the rest. It's like a God-tax. After you pay it, you're done.

J.D. Greear

A Christian Response to Cancel Culture

July 30, 2020

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Recently, I typed in how to be happy on our collective consciousness, Google, and one of the first articles was Three Ways to Be Happy Always. Quite a claim. This article had some legitimately good advice, but it was sprinkled in among some proverbs that were less-than-helpful. For instance, this priceless pearl of wisdom: Compliment yourself often. This highlights a broader issue where a Christian response to cancel culture is needed.

J.D. Greear

Insights From Scripture for Responding to Racial Tensions

July 30, 2020

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The past months have brought a great disturbance to our “normal.” Beginning with the COVID-19 pandemic, the way life, especially church, has been done regularly was halted. And then came the resurfacing of racial tensions in America. In a place where the modern American church has often been silent, many are seeking to know what … Continued

Ravin McKelvy

Why Being Good Enough Will Never Be Good Enough for God

July 26, 2020

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My family loves the movie The Greatest Showman. Its the (highly embellished) account of P.T. Barnums rise to success. Theres a moving scene where his prospective father-in-law tells Barnum hell never be good enough for the mans daughter. He says, Shell see that and one day come back; shell grow tired of the poor life […]

J.D. Greear

How Should Christians Cultural Engagement Strategy Work?

July 24, 2020

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Throughout the years, many have turned to H. Richard Niebuhr, who classically outlined the various responses that could be made in light of the interplay between Christ and culture, with such famous typologies as Christ Against Culture, Christ of Culture and Christ Above Culture. Yet what Niebuhr actually explained is how two authoritiesnamely Christ and Christians cultural engagement strategycompete with each another.

James Emery White

How Christians Can Live Countercultural Lives in This World

July 23, 2020

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The Scriptures are clear that as believers we are to be different. “Dear friends, you are foreigners and strangers on this earth.” —1 Peter 2:11 Pretty clear, right? Fellow Christian, uniqueness should be our goal. But how? Are we to be weird? I don’t think we are to be weird in a “I don’t want … Continued

Ron Edmondson

Dissecting the Roman Culture Jesus Entered

July 23, 2020

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Conspirata is a sequel to Robert Harris novel Imperium, which chronicles the rise of Cicero in ancient Rome. Harris is a great novelist, and he sticks to the facts and to the actual speeches of Cicero as much as possiblewhich is what make this book so valuable. You feel you know these people afterwards, especially considering the Roman culture Jesus entered. Conspirata […]

Joe McKeever

The Accuser and Our Enslavement to the Law

July 21, 2020

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The contention of this series of articles is that the Bible is set in the land of wild things. That is, the Bible is more fantasticalbeautiful, dangerous and strangethan we give it credit for. What we incorrectly call the natural and the supernatural, as if they are distinct and isolated realms, are actually part of a single fascinating, and intertwined world, revealing our enslavement to the law.