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▪Educate Christians with solid arguments in defense of biblical truths related to every aspect of life that will stand up in the intellectual marketplace.

▪Edify Christians by teaching them why what they believe is true and how to translate those truths into every sphere of life and culture.

▪Enable Christians to engage culture intelligently and persuasively in an effort to transform it.

▪Equip Christians to bring faith and reason together in order to render Christian faith relevant to modern life.

▪Expose false pretensions that hinder the reception of the Gospel and Christian living.

...Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from My people's way.

Isaiah 57:14

The Center for Christ & Culture represents the work and ministry of S. Michael Craven.  Michael is a respected Christian cultural apologist, author, columnist, and speaker who works to challenge the spiritual apathy and cultural indifference of the Church in our generation through serious research, writing, speaking, and teaching. Listen to Michael's Greeting & Welcome

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A Mind for God by James Emery White The apostle Paul calls us to "take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ" (2 Cor 10:5). But James Emery White fears that Western Christians are failing in this task. Because we have not developed good intellectual habits, our minds instead have been captured by our culture. A Mind for God is written to help us break free from this cultural captivity through the spiritual and intellectual disciplines of reading, study and reflection. On Sale for $10.30

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A Practical View of Christianity by William Wilberforce Wilberforce's classic work, A Practical View of Christianity, is concerned with convincing those who call themselves Christians to pursue "the real nature and principles of the religion which they profess." Christianity is not a mere morality, to be held in private. Christianity is revelation from God, bringing new rights and correspondent duties. It is an entire way of life that requires diligence and study and that should affect every aspect of the Christian's public and private life. On Sale for $9.46

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News & Features TRUTH IN CULTURE WEEKLY THIS WEEK: Expelled: Exposing the Darwinian Paradox - The thing which most offended critics and reviewers of Ben Stein’s film was his attempt to link Darwinism to the Holocaust. It is here, in the area of moral philosophy, that the Darwinian paradox is revealed. On the one hand, modern Darwinians posit that the universe is the result of impersonal, amoral, natural forces while on the other denying this undermines objective moral standards. However, the Nazi’s understood what modern Darwinians do not; if you reject the Creator you cannot hope to live within the safety of the Creator’s rules. It is either God’s loving law or the law of the jungle.   Read this week's Article Subscribe to the Weekly View Archives SUPPORT THE CENTER EVERY TIME YOU SEARCH THE INTERNET There is no cost to you, no software to download, simply use GoodSearch and designate the Center for Christ & Culture as your charity and they will donate a penny every time you search the Internet. That may not sound like alot but if we as a community were to all use GoodSearch—the numbers could add up quickly! OPENING APRIL 18TH Are Atheists hi-jacking academic freedom? This is the question posed in Ben Stein's explosive new film,  Expelled. Having had the opportunity to view an advance screening; this is one of the most impressive expressions of the Christian worldview I have ever seen on the subject. This film offers an intelligent challenge to evolutionary assumptions. I highly recommend this film. ON AIR INTERVIEW Listen to Michael on Calling for Truth with Dr. Paul Dean as they discuss Michael's recent article, The Culture War is Over; We Lost! Listen Here BECOME A MINISTRY PARTNER If you long for renewal in the Church and you desire to see the Christian faith, once again, made relevant to shaping the moral and social consensus then please consider becoming a Ministry Partner. Your financial support can make a difference in the battle for Truth! I want to become a Ministry Partner! Why Support this Ministry? UPDATE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Need to update your subscription to the Truth in Culture Weekly? Click HERE

Listen Online Expelled: Exposing the Darwinian Paradox 05-12-2008   The thing which most offended critics and reviewers of Ben Stein’s film, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, was his attempt to link Darwinism to the Holocaust. It is here, in the area of moral philosophy, that the Darwinian paradox is revealed. On the one hand, modern Darwinians posit that the universe is the result of impersonal, amoral, natural forces while on the other denying this undermines objective moral standards. However, the Nazi’s understood what modern Darwinians do not; if you reject the Creator you cannot hope to live within the safety of the Creator’s rules. It is either God’s loving law or the law of the jungle. Hope for a Christian Renaissance? 05-05-2008   Two years ago I wrote that we may be seeing the first signs of what could be a new cultural renaissance in Italy. Recent events in Italy seem to indicate that this "renaissance," if you will, has not only continued but may be gathering momentum. Could this indicate the revival of Christian influence in Europe? Why Theology Matters 04-27-2008   I think many in the American church know God in the same way they know the President—they know some facts about him, where he lives, what he does, etc.—but they do not have a relationship with him. This could be described as a cultural theology but a biblical theology is more akin to the relationship between a child and a good parent. The child in this sense has a much more intimate knowledge that, through time and maturation, reveals the loving nature of the parent. Experience only confirms this knowledge and this produces trust, which in turn fosters obedience. Failure to develop a coherent and systematic theology affects our ability to live as faithful followers of Christ. The High Cost of Immorality 04-21-2008   For more than five decades, self-proclaimed experts and so-called sexual reformers have worked to advance the belief that there are no public consequences to private sexual behavior. And Americans, for the most part, have bought into this notion, proving what Lenin said, “A lie told often enough becomes the truth!” However, first-ever research reveals the fallacy of this notion and quantifies the high cost of immorality in America to be more than $112 billion each year! In Pursuit of Community: What Can We Do? 04-10-2008   If Christians living within a distinct community is an essential witness to the mission of God, and because so many of us seem unwilling to surrender the independent self, and since our present understanding and expression of this community falls painfully short; what can we do to remedy this situation? What hinders this community is NOT a weakness of the institutional church and its leadership but rather the radical individualism of its members. This is not simply a matter of concern over sporadic church attendance or mediocre participation in the church potluck dinner; this is a central underlying principle, which nullifies the witness of God’s people and opposes the redemptive mission of God!  So, I am asking you: What practical steps can churches and individuals take to foster and promote a healthy, distinctively biblical, and witness-bearing community? Contribute your ideas at the end of this article. In Pursuit of Community: What Can We Do? 04-10-2008   If Christians living within a distinct community is an essential witness to the mission of God, and because so many of us seem unwilling to surrender the independent self, and since our present understanding and expression of this community falls painfully short; what can we do to remedy this situation? What hinders this community is NOT a weakness of the institutional church and its leadership but rather the radical individualism of its members. This is not simply a matter of concern over sporadic church attendance or mediocre participation in the church potluck dinner; this is a central underlying principle, which nullifies the witness of God’s people and opposes the redemptive mission of God!  So, I am asking you: What practical steps can churches and individuals take to foster and promote a healthy, distinctively biblical, and witness-bearing community? Contribute your ideas at the end of this article. The Church in Post-Christendom: Recovering the Mission of the Church 03-31-2008   As Americans, we enter the church with nearly overpowering individualistic inclinations. As a result, we are failing to fulfill an essential part of God’s mission because we fail to demonstrate the reign of God within the authenticating community of faith that is distinct from the world. If we don’t get this right, our service will remain indistinguishable from any other and our proclamation of the risen Christ will appear shallow and without basis. The Church in Post-Christendom: Understanding the “Good News” 03-24-2008   As I wrote in the first part of this series, the church of Jesus Christ is not the purpose or goal of the gospel, but rather its instrument and witness.” This brings us to our second question: What exactly is the church’s mission?In order to answer this adequately, we must first accurately define the gospel or “good news.” I say “accurately” because I think many Christians, particularly in our highly individualized culture, have come to view the gospel as simply the personal plan of salvation. The modern emphasis tends toward “fixing the sin problem” in terms that are entirely personal. However, the Scriptures speak in a more comprehensive way that goes beyond the private version of the gospel that we know in the West. The Church in Post-Christendom 03-19-2008   In the age of Christendom, the church occupied a central and influential place in society and the Western world considered itself both formally and officially Christian. So when we speak of post-Christendom, we are making the point that the church no longer occupies this central place of social and cultural hegemony and Western civilization no longer considers itself to be formally or officially Christian. This clearly represents an historic change in the cultural context into which the Western, and specifically American, church is now attempting to carry out its mission. This raises two fundamental questions: What does this new cultural context mean for the church and its mission? And, what exactly is the church’s mission? The 'Oprahfication' of Eastern Mysticism 03-03-2008   As orthodox Christianity continues to ebb in the Western world there follows a spiritual vacuum and as it has been observed, nature abhors a vacuum. At present this spiritual void appears to have found its latest alternative to Jesus Christ in the convoluted and ambiguous world of New Age religion.While this may conjure up images of incense, crystals, and Shirley MacLaine—or associations with flower haired hippies—this “new” spiritual movement, which is anything but new, has acquired a most powerful and influential advocate: Oprah Winfrey. more...

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