Resources by Topic: Culture and Worldview

On November 9, almost six years from the day Aucas slew his son with four other missionaries in Ecuador, T. E. McCully of Wheaton, IL, visited the Aucas in their own village. He wanted to personally visit the tribe who had confessed their guilt in slaying the missionaries—all of whom now confessed belief in Christ.

I wrote this dialogue a few years ago for my book Deadline, but it was nonessential, so I removed it, and it's never been published until now. I hope some readers will find the interaction between these two men stimulating and useful.

Randy Alcorn loves giving, and he wants you to love giving. Just listen to him talk about giving, about joyful tithing and radical generosity. But fear not—Alcorn won’t guilt you into giving. Nor will he instruct you to sell your possessions, abandon all forms of entertainment or forego future vacations.

I have hesitations, but I’m not sure they’re valid.

Those who are now mistakenly embracing the Law are doing so because they see it as a good thing designed by God for our blessing.

There is substantial scientific reason to believe frozen embryos are persons and should be granted the same rights as older, larger, and less vulnerable persons.

The following is a conversation between two Christians who have different viewpoints on the issue of birth control. 

“As a teacher and a mom,” Jodi said, “the Harry Potter books are a hot button with me."

You are not a conservative or a liberal; you are a follower of Christ.

I am a family physician and professor at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. I am also one of the physicians on the Physicians Resource Council (PRC) at Focus on the Family.

Perhaps your doctor is uninformed and hasn’t read information on the possible abortifacient aspect of the pill.

I wish we could talk face to face so you could hear my heart for you.

Justice is the foundation of God’s throne, and justice was the motivation for our redemptive process. 

This is a dilemma, and I think we should ask God to give us faith to believe Him, and skeptical only of some people’s claims, but not of God’s power or the fact that He sometimes miraculously intervenes. We need discernment, but not skepticism and certainly not cynicism.