“The Unexamined Life Isn’t Worth Living”
If you wanted to be a somebody in Athens, Greece, in the 400s BC, you needed to meet the city’s high beauty standards and/or be talented at winning arguments. It was the era of “sophists,” paid teachers of rhetoric (public speaking). These teachers cared more about winning arguments (especially lawsuits) than about seeking truth. They […]
Our Identity in Christ
Many within the church where I (Michelle) serve have adult children who are not walking with the Lord. The children were raised in the church, had daily family devotionals growing up, and attended youth group and church camp, but they have not chosen to follow the faith they were raised in. Some have chosen to […]
Our Identity and the Enemy
I don’t even like capitalizing the word “enemy” in the title of this article. I get that it is an important word in the title, thus we capitalize said word, but I don’t like giving the enemy any more weight than necessary, and a capital “E” feels too heavy. Scripture tells us in John 10:10 […]
For the Win: On Seeing More Than the Losses
I must’ve been the last one to try Schlotzsky’s. It’s weird to look back and wonder how I missed it. I had seen it on Poplar Avenue in Memphis since 2005 when we moved here, and usually my Northeast Ohio upbringing would be attracted to last names with unnecessary consecutive consonants (even Coach K would […]
Renew Review: ‘Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage’ by Preston Sprinkle
John Whittaker reviews Preston Sprinkle’s Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage?: 21 Conversations from a Historically Christian View. For a written review by John, click here.
Review of ‘Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage?’ by Preston Sprinkle
Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage? is Dr. Preston Sprinkle’s latest contribution to the ongoing conversation concerning what the Bible teaches about sexuality and marriage. It “is designed to offer thoughtful Christian responses to some of the main arguments for same-sex marriage” and is intended to be an “accessible one-stop book” addressing this topic from […]
How One Church Handled the LGBTQ+ Conversation
The people in your church are being discipled into somebody’s view of marriage, sexuality, and gender. Is your church helping to disciple its people into God’s view as described in the Bible—or is your church increasingly at the mercy of predominant cultural views? We want to give you a snapshot of what a church can […]
Reflections on ‘Generations’ by Jean Twenge
I have some skepticism when it comes to personality tests. They are often pseudo-scientific attempts to quantify the inherently unquantifiable. Imagine the absurdity of reducing an individual, in all of her wonderful complexity, to a number or a series of letters or a Hogwarts House. Personality tests are exemplifications of what Jacque Ellul called “technique” […]
