by Brian | Jan 8, 2021 | Culture, Current Events
Friends here’s a timely post from for the (still) New Year from Tony Defranco: We Need a New Song: A Mediation on Psalm 96 It is an undisputed fact that songs are one of the most powerful mediums to communicate a message. Whether it’s communicating a protest of...
by Brian | Dec 15, 2020 | Couples/Marriage, Culture
One of the most powerful parts of Rod Dreher’s Live Not by Lies is Chapter 7, entitled “Families Are Resistance Cells.” In it, he writes: Family is where we first learn to love others. If we are lucky, it is also where we first learn how to live in...
by Brian | Dec 8, 2020 | Book Recommendations, Culture, Current Events
I just finished reading Rod Dreher’s new book, Live Not by Lies. It is not over-long; it’s a fast-paced read; and I highly recommend it. In the first half of the book, Dreher interviews many different people who lived through Soviet rule in Russia and...
by Brian | Nov 20, 2020 | Culture
Is God going to use human effort to fix the world? And if the answer is no, does that mean we shouldn’t do any good in the world? Thomas Oden: “The Renewed Destiny of the Cosmos” The purpose of God in redemption is not merely to prolong creation quantitatively...
by Brian | Nov 19, 2020 | Culture
Is there a lot of uncertainty today? What should we expect as history moves forward? Should we be optimistic because things are moving forward and our technology is getting so good that it will eventually solve our problems? Thomas Oden summarizes the Bible’s...
by Brian | Nov 17, 2020 | Academic, Culture, Humanity
I just listened to a podcast with an interview by Carl Trueman called “Making Sense of Transgenderism and the Sexual Revolution.” Trueman can be a little academic at times, but I really encourage those of you in any kind of college, or workplaces where...
