Blogs
Is social media “ripping apart” society?
“Question: As Christian leaders, how do you evaluate social media? Is it good for America? Is it good for Christians? How have your social media practices changed since you first entered the social media world?”
Science Is Giving the Pro-Life Movement a Boost
“Activists like McGuire believe it makes perfect sense to be pro-science and pro-life. While she opposes abortion on moral grounds, she believes studies of fetal development, improved medical techniques, and other advances anchor the movement’s arguments in scientific fact. “The pro-life message has been, for the last 40-something years, that the fetus … is a life, and it is a human life worthy of all the rights the rest of us have,” she said. “That’s been more of an abstract concept until the last decade or so.” But, she added, “when you’re seeing a baby sucking its thumb at 18 weeks, smiling, clapping,” it becomes “harder to square the idea that that 20-week-old, that unborn baby or fetus, is discardable.”
Personality Tests—A Waste or a Resource?
Ed Stetzer discusses the pros and cons of personality tests.
Help! I Caught My Son Looking at Porn!
“Two days ago I caught our almost 15 year old son looking at inappropriate pictures on the Internet. We are purchasing software for our devices, etc. but I was wondering if you have any resources that you would recommend for the discipleship process that we now need to embark on to help my son work through and hopefully overcome this temptation. I appreciate any help/resources you could suggest.”
What Pastors Could Learn From Jordan Peterson
“While watching it, and reflecting upon Peterson’s work more generally (about which I’ve written in the past), I was struck by some of the lessons that preachers can learn from Peterson.”
“An Enforced Rest”
My Dad’s vacation did not turn out as planned.
Kindle Books
Table Grace: The role of hospitality in the Christian Life by Douglas Webster $2.99.
Four Views of the End Times by Dr. Timothy Paul Jones $3.03
A Little Book for New Theologians: Why and How to Study Theology by Kelly M. Kapic $2.99