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Equipping the Church to engage the culture with the redemptive mission of Christ
As American culture continues to descend into moral anarchy, secular humanistic schemes, and spiritual ignorance, the only hope for our nation lies in a renewed church that both appropriates and applies biblical truth to the real and pressing problems of our day.
The Center for Christ & Culture, under the leadership of its founder and president, S. Michael Craven exists to support this purpose: Equip Christians with a thoroughly biblical interpretation of reality, rooted in the missional purposes of God in order to press the supremacy of Christ in all things.
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Let me begin by saying that to assert “Christianly” thoughts on the
topics of Islam, Muslims, and the Ground-Zero mosque is by no means to
suggest that this is the authoritative biblical view on these
matters. Merely, mine is an earnest attempt to filter these subjects
through the lens of a consciously Christian worldview in hopes of
finding that way which may be most pleasing to God, both for myself and
the church at large.
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Okay, I knew it was going to happen. I
even prefaced last week’s commentary on public education by granting the
fact that “this is a dicey issue that can get you into a lot of trouble
very quickly.” However, my appeal was couched in terms of inviting
examination of the issue from a thoughtful Christian perspective (given
education’s enormous role in shaping our children) and “wrestling” with
the answers—honestly and intelligently—because our faith demands serious
self-examination when it comes to our engagement with the changing
world around us. The reaction was disappointing. My concern is not so
much with the fact that some folks assumed a different view of the topic
but with the manner and content of their disagreement.
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I am frequently asked for
my thoughts on “public education.” Granted this is a dicey issue that
can get you into a lot of trouble very quickly. However, the question is
legitimate, given education’s enormous role in shaping our children;
thus, as Christians, we have no choice but to wrestle with the answers,
even if we don’t like them.
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One of the unfortunate tendencies
associated with speaking apologetically is that you can begin think that
the kingdom of God will advance on the weight of intellectual
arguments. While scripture clearly teaches that we are to be prepared to
give an answer for the hope that lies within us (see 1 Peter 3:15), I
must continually be reminded of Christ’s commandment to love my
neighbor. If this genuine love of neighbor is not at the heart of my
apologetic efforts, then I am nothing more than a “clanging cymbal”—an
animated noisemaker!
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A rather obscure but large and important
study conducted by the Swiss government revealed some astonishing facts
with regard to the generational transmission of faith and religious
values. In short, the study reveals that “It is the religious practice
of the father of the family that, above all, determines the future
attendance at or absence from church of the children."
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There is a great deal of consternation
and, I might add, confusion over the nature and impact of postmodernism.
Many Christians immediately assume that all things postmodern are the
source of pernicious moral relativism and that postmodernism is sure to
destroy all truth. However, might postmodernism serve as an ally to
Christian faith?
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