Part 2 – Review of Culture Making by Andy Crouch (Continued from Review – Part 1) The next section is a biblical survey of these aspects of creating and cultivating. Ending with the scene of the heavenly city in the book of Revelation, Crouch speculates that the city is furnished with human cultural goods – things humans have made. This… Read more »
Part 1 – Review of Culture Making by Andy Crouch (rest of the review: Part 2, Part 3, Conclusion) After hearing an interview with Andy Crouch on Mars Hill Audio, I found the book in our local library. The book is a helpful description of what culture is and how one makes an impact. Many of the ideas in the… Read more »
Q. 1. Who made you?A. God. Q. 2. What else did God make?A. God made all things. Q. 3. Why did God make you and all things?A. For his own glory. Q. 4. How can you glorify God?A. By loving him and doing what he commands. Q. 5. Why ought you to glorify God?A. Because he made me and takes… Read more »
Here's a short essay from Grace, our 9th grade daughter. It's based on reading in the first several chapters of George Marsden's biography on Jonathan Edwards that she is reading and studying for U.S. History to start the year. I assigned her an essay on Edward's formative years as he wrestled with the dominant philosophies of his day. We had… Read more »
Christians who worshiped with Glenn Beck at his recent Divine Destiny and Restoring Honorevents claim that although Mr. Beck as a Mormon worshiped a false god, the true and living God was honored by the Christians who worshiped Him at the same events. Some further claim that Christians honored God when they publicly approved of Mr. Beck’s words and action,… Read more »
Popular journalist and author Glenn Beck, a professed Mormon, sponsored two events on August 27 and 28 that focused on honoring God and honoring patriots who have served America. Since the events featured many elements of worship and Beck worships a false god, at first glance I believed the events dishonored the true God and should have been avoided by… Read more »
Many Christians recently worshiped with self-proclaimed Mormon Glenn Beck at the Restoring Honor rally. Though the Mormon faith is considered a heresy by orthodox Christians, those claiming orthodoxy still maintain that this new style of interfaith worship honored Jesus and have cited several reasons. One common reason is that the true state of Mr. Beck’s heart cannot be known so… Read more »
Some Christians who joined in worship with self-proclaimed Mormon Glenn Beck at the recent Restoring Honor rally, claim they were honoring Christ. I am disturbed by this and find the reasons for such participation wanting. One reason they claim is that since there are really two kingdoms – a political, national kingdom based on government and the kingdom of God… Read more »
I was saddened and confused to see prominent evangelical Christian leaders participate in Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor rally on August 28. Had the rally been about politics or honoring American patriots, such involvement would not be troubling. However, the rally was clearly more like an attempt to worship God with multiple prayers, testimonies, scripture readings, and urgings from the pulpit… Read more »
2Corinthians 4:6 For God, who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. 2Timothy 1:9-10 [God] has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His… Read more »
