Resources by Topic: Culture and Worldview

I recently read an interesting article by David Brooks, at The New York Times website. What follows is an excerpt:

What follows is a spot-on article by Kevin DeYoung, a pastor and writer. While it was written after the flap about Brit Hume, making that aspect of it dated, it is timeless at its core, and I just “happened” upon it (in the providence of God).

Some believers might wonder how involved they should be in trying to influence moral change in our culture, or how much attention Christians should give to politics.

Education is a vitally important mission field, in dire need of Christian teachers, administrators, parents, school board members, and Christian students well grounded and courageous enough to stand up for their Lord, and for righteousness.

Problem Gambling Resource Guide by Stronger Families for Oregon

Plan B is levonorgestrel (.75mg given as two doses, 12 ours apart, administered within 72 hrs of intercourse) to stop a conception from occurring or advancing.

At least two OB-Gyns on the PRC (who are not particularly concerned about birth control pills in general) absolutely agree that the mini-pill is more likely to allow breakthrough ovulation; thus, they will NOT prescribe the mini-pill to postpartum mothers (or to anyone else) for “contraceptive” purposes.

Randy Alcorn answer the question, "Why is it crucial that we are first and foremost Christians, not liberals or conservatives?"

Conservatives emphasize truth (morals), liberals emphasize grace (compassion).

God has created each of us with certain desires that correspond to certain motivations. Each of us has built-in desires for pleasure, possessions, and power. At first this may sound unbiblical, because we have come to think of these things as temptations.

Are you a Christian parent? Is your teenager a Christian? Are they thinking like a Christian?

In Matthew 6, Jesus says there is only one safe place to invest, and that is in the Kingdom of God. He says, in essence, “You can’t take it with you,” but he adds a life-changing corollary: “but you can send it on ahead.”

Your book, Safely Home, has served as an inspiration to me.

The filthiness of our national politics has brought to my mind a question put to me nearly 20 years ago by one of my teachers. “Don’t you think there is more lying in politics than there used to be?” he asked. “Why do you think that this is happening?”