Living with “limited human understanding” has not been a very popular concept in the past couple of hundred years.  The enlightenment project and Rationalism of the 18^th century and the scientific method of the 19^th  and 20^th  centuries were supposed to have saved the world from limited human understanding.

Those centuries of progress were supposed to have removed mans minority.  For example, a minor is one who is incapable of making legally binding decisions, because his or her understa...

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Every person reading this article has a world view.  A world view is simply the broad perspective of how someone understands reality.   World views such as secularism, humanism, pragmatism, consumerism, and individualism are un-Christian world views.  There are also Christian world views. I want to consider evangelicalism.

The word, evangelicalism, is derived from the Greek words "euangelion" which means good news and "euangelizomai" which means to announce good news.  Evangelicalism is the ...

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The term “Culture Wars” has become a popular term in public discourse.  My first inquiry into this term was in 1991 when I read and reviewed James Davidson Hunter’s book on the subject.  The thesis and solution is the same as it was 22 years ago.

 

Culture Wars:  The Struggle to Define America, by James Davison Hunter (Basic Books, 416 pp.; $25.00).

 

James Davidson Hunter has searched the sociological dimensions of the North American culture.  He categorized the various discipline...

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Individuals and groups within a culture will formulate worldviews to understand and influence the culture in which they live.  Every aspect of culture will be influenced by worldviews.  Conflicting worldviews normally occur because of individual preferences competing in the public sector in terms of demands.  They often turn into cultural wars.  The cultural wars are the battles that are being fought in the public arena in this postmodern culture over the important issues of life.  Cultural...

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The western world can boast of an abundance of worldviews.  The generality of the worldviews in our nation do not find their roots in religion, but rather in philosophy.  It is particularly dangerous to believe that the United States is a Christian nation.  Such thinking promotes the idea that the world views espoused by the majority of the citizens of this nation are rooted in Christianity.
   
 Secularism is a worldview that encompasses many worldviews and is rapidly ascending in popularity. ...
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Every nation and every generation has problems of its own. For example the Apostle Paul (30 A.D.) quoted the poet Epimenides (600 B.C.) saying, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons” (Titus 1:12).

Around 700 B.C. in Israel a prophet speaking about the king of Babylon (based on my research, I believe the prophecy ended up referring to Nebuchadnezzar) said, “Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, who dwell securely, who say in your heart, I am and there ...

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Dr.  Os Guinness wrote a book eighteen years ago entitled The American Hour.  In it he said, “that the deepest source and agency of …cultural authority lies in its faiths, so that it can be truly said that there is no strong and vital culture without a cultus or source of worship and ultimate faith commitment.  His book motivated me to write a brief statement expressing concerning about cultural authority.  The following is one example of my assessment of the culture in May 1993.  It was ...

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Everybody talks about freedom.  What is it and who has it?   The present generation is unable to give a clear cogent definition, because in the postmodern world words are meaningless.  The word “freedom” has lost its meaning over the past couple of hundred years. It must have because I often hear people say, “I have my freedom.”  It sounds like they are not under restraint.  Freedom is sometimes associated with self-determination.  However, the average person probably takes the meanin...

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Everyday the headlines feature the economic condition of the western world in general and the US in particular.  I wonder how many people predicted an inflated, head over heels debt, and demoralized society over a half century ago?  There were probably many, but I remember one such prediction.  It was by my father.  In the early 1950’s Mr. Ransom McElroy came by the house to ask for my father’s vote for supervisor.  They started talking about what I now understand to be the economy and my...
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"We don't talk about politics or the Bible" is an often used expression by Christians who want to avoid the real and serious side of life.  If we do not talk about politics and the Bible, we will pass tyranny and immorality to the next generation.  We cannot expect order and purpose in our present lives unless we reflect on the political history of Holy Scripture.  No, your eyes have not deceived you.  The Bible is the best source in creation for studying political theory and civil philosophy...

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A few years ago I wrote this brief article about aging from a biblical perspective.  Each day brings the reality of aging into the fresh awareness that the article particularly applies to me.  I would like to finish the course and then go to my Sabbath rest.  If you are young it may speak to you emotionally, but if you are old, it will meet the mind with the reality of truth.

“I’m a senior citizen” or “I’m retired” often refers to those golden years of life.  It is those clichés...

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The identity of a cultural dilemma is the necessary diagnosis for cultural recovery.  The prognosis requires the imperative.  The introduction of postmodernity to the American culture paved the way to this neo-dark age.  The sophists worked covertly, but deliberately building world views contrary to rational thought.  The sophisticated postmodern deconstructionist scrupulously avoided the rules for intelligent human discourse.  They decimated the Christian world view with the slight of tongue...
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The headline in the local newspaper was “State Department of Education will go after BP” (British Petroleum) to recover revenues because of the oil spill.  The rationale was state sales tax will be down because of the oil spill and therefore the school system will have less revenue.  The irony is that the education budget is a perpetual problem.

The top shelf at the education department ought to exercise themselves so they may discover the reason for budget shortfalls.  If they were honest...
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Everyday we are confronted and seduced by all sorts of "isms" in our modern culture. An "ism" is, of course, any particular world and life view. The letters "ism" attached to the end of a word, simply represent a philosophy of life or the way a person thinks about the world or how one relates to the world.

I devote much of time writing and editing Christian books, especially biblical exposition.  I find myself challenged by many of the world views as our culture shifts from the modern to the p...

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