Resources by Topic: Culture and Worldview

I am deeply concerned about the number of God's people who are opening their lives up to popular television programs, movies and books that are sexually explicit. 

This school year the California State University system is enacting a non-discrimination policy for all student organizations.

Today my heart is heavy after being assaulted by the evil depicted across the internet of the American journalist being beheaded.

The two dominant positions on women in leadership are evangelical feminism or egalitarianism (equal and therefore the same) and complementarianism (equal but different). There is also the globally widespread position of Islam and others, in which women are seen as both different AND unequal.

Question from a reader: Is the concern over China’s one child policy because of too much government control or is it because of the injustice of child killing?

What disturbs me is what I see in the large segments of the Christian community who are embracing all the justice issues that are popular in the world and promoted by rock stars and Hollywood (and I am very GRATEFUL these celebrities are using their influence in this way).

Satan’s objective is evil and suffering—exactly what the Messiah came ultimately to defeat. From the beginning, God planned that his Son should deal the death blow to Satan, evil, and suffering—reversing the Curse triggered by Adam and Eve’s sin, redeeming a fallen humanity, and repairing a broken world.

If our eyes are on anyone but Jesus, we’re not going to have the stamina to put up with criticism or outright hostility. 

Downtown Portland is a busy place and full of needy people. On this particular day I had forgotten my bag of goodies which I normally give out to those asking for money, so I was street hopping to avoid contact with anyone. 

Question from a reader: I’m trying to figure out how strongly to publicly profess my Christian faith, especially online. Do you have any advice?

After the Supreme Court declared DOMA to be unconstitutional this past June, Dennis Rainey shared a letter about FamilyLife’s controversial radio broadcast on this issue. 

Question from a reader: You would think that Jesus and the New Testament would have a different view of slavery, but slavery is still approved of in the New Testament, as the following passages show.

There has been a great deal of confusion about what exactly the Affordable Care Act mandates in regards to abortion and contraceptives. 

Kevin DeYoung is a pastor and an excellent writer. His blog is one of my favorites. I’ve talked about the Hobby Lobby case before, but asked Kevin’s permission to repost his blog.