Resources by Topic: Culture and Worldview

I have the greatest admiration for Os Guinness, a brilliant author and social critic who’s written or edited more than 30 books. I was struck by this quote from a message that Os, now 83 years old, gave earlier this year about the need for cultural-spiritual renewal in the West.

We would encourage you to be very careful about these teachings and those who promote them.

Our fates do not rest in the hands of fallen humankind: politicians, lawyers, military officers, employers, or even spouses and children. If we believe this, our reaction to current events and to many of the difficulties we face will change.

We’re to focus our thoughts on true eternal realities. That means when we read the news, it’s important we analyze current events from a biblical perspective, always remembering what Scripture has to say.

My book It’s All About Jesus includes this great quote from Glen Scrivener, a British minister and evangelist: “Christians believe in the virgin birth of Jesus. Materialists believe in the virgin birth of the cosmos. Choose your miracle.”

God wants you to know the truth—as given to us in His Word—and for the truth to set you free (John 8:32). Our enemy, on the other hand, is a liar. He wants you to be distracted from knowing and serving God.

I remember reading an atheist decades ago who was saying how deeply grateful he was that many people believed in God, because he admitted that he had no basis whatsoever for human rights, and at least God-fearing people did, even though he believed they were wrong.

Just because we now have explanations and the ability to predict phenomena like eclipses, we somehow overlook many things, including that the only way eclipses work so perfectly is because of the same relative size due to the distance involved. 

This election year, many of us are already finding the political commentary and news exhausting. Never have God’s people needed the reminder more that the key to influence and change in this world is not, and never has been, politics. It is faithfulness to Jesus.

Kirk Cousins, quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, and former QB of the Washington Redskins, is a faithful and Christ-centered brother. Despite the fact that those who know him personally realize he is a caring and loving person, Kirk has received heavy criticism for simply appearing on a Focus on the Family program.

Rosaria Butterfield's new book is Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age, and she addresses the propaganda modern culture has embraced about sexuality and spirituality, using the word of God to help illuminate each topic. I listened to the audio version of this book, and I can’t tell you how encouraging it was for me to hear Rosaria read it and to hear the inflections of her voice.

The following is from a church in Israel that Nanci and I attended years ago. We got to know the founder and pastor, and I believe this information to be trustworthy.

Our hearts are broken for the people of Israel who have endured such great atrocities inflicted upon women and children and the elderly, slaughtered mercilessly. I also pray for those who seek peace, including believers in Jesus in Gaza.

Author Jesse Johnson, who leads The Master’s Seminary Washington DC location, lays out a compelling case for why he believes the LGBQT movement is another religion, and explains how the church can respond with grace and truth.