There are many who would say that single-issue voting is misinformed and unwise. I disagree. Abortion is an issue significant enough that it will be a determining factor in each vote I cast. Slavery would have been a similar issue, back in the day. Here is what John Piper has to say on the subject:
No [...]
Filed under: Culture on March 12th, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Welcome to the fourth entry in the Soul Sisters series! Click here for the introduction to the series.
Today’s truth:
The standards of this culture are selling you short. Question them; don’t accept them blindly.
In the wake of the 1960s cultural upheaval, new cultural norms are everywhere. Sometimes, as young women especially, we’re affected by norms that we [...]
Filed under: Culture on March 10th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Douglas Groothuis, quoted at Between Two Worlds:
It appears that millions of evangelicals, especially younger ones, are experiencing fetus fatigue. They are tired of the abortion issue taking center stage; it is time to move on to newer, hipper things–the sort of issues that excite Bono: aid to Africa, the environment, and cool tattoos. Abortion has been [...]
Filed under: Culture on March 6th, 2008 | 29 Comments »
A question has emerged (pun intended) from some of my reading and thinking lately. I know there is supposedly a difference between what “emerging” means as opposed to “emergent.” I am unsure that I have a correct understanding of this difference, and I would like to have a better grasp of it.
Whether you classify yourself [...]
Filed under: Culture on March 2nd, 2008 | 16 Comments »
A couple of links: the first related to evangelicals, the emerging church, abortion, and Obama; the second a great review of the forthcoming book Why We’re Not Emergent.
Evangelicals for Obama? (Between Two Worlds)
Why We’re Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be) (9Marks)
Check back tomorrow or Tuesday for the next installment in the Soul Sisters series.
Filed under: Culture, Scripture on March 2nd, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Welcome to the second entry in the Soul Sisters series! Click here for the introduction to the series.
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Today’s truth:
You do not need to sacrifice your modesty in order to prove that you are “comfortable with your body.”
Contemporary culture is exploiting women by selling us a lie - a lie that says unless we are willing [...]
Filed under: Biblical Femininity, Culture on February 26th, 2008 | 13 Comments »
One way I try to live my life is with respect for those older than me. As I’ve written before, this is so lacking in contemporary American culture. We’re encouraged to view the young as the smart and powerful ones, and not to take advice from anyone older than we are. In Titus, Paul instructs [...]
Filed under: Culture, Personal Reflection on February 21st, 2008 | 32 Comments »
I was catching up on reading blogs just now, and also preparing to head out to Starbucks to study for a couple of hours, since I still have a gift card from Christmas. The very last new post in my feed reader was entitled Saudi Police Arrest Woman for… Sitting in Starbucks (not for young [...]
Filed under: Culture on February 7th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“The reason Christians are not making a bigger difference in our world is not because Christians aren’t where they should be. That’s only a small part of the problem. In other words, we should have more Christians in law, more Christians in higher education, and more Christians in media, medicine, and music. But that’s not [...]
Filed under: Christianity, Culture on February 5th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In my post Purity Principles, under my discussion of the need to guard our conduct, I mentioned “not becoming spiritually dependent on someone of the opposite gender who could be a romantic interest.” Casey asked me to expound on that idea.
First, let me outline the four spaces of human social interaction. These are called “sacred [...]
Filed under: Culture, Marriage/Family, Singleness/Relationships on February 4th, 2008 | 20 Comments »
