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Science has made many important contributions to our lives, but it is not the sole arbiter of truth. It can explain a cardiac arrest but not a heart ache, it can explain why it beats but not why it breaks. I would argue that our obsession with science and technology has caused us to neglect the contribution of storytellers…..
I have been making the case that our lofty apologetics needs to be brought back to earth because our young people tend to prefer arguments that tug on their heart strings rather than yank the wires of their neural networks. They generally believe God exists, but want to see His footprint in the sand, and not a forensic sketch in…..
YouTube has assisted us in our search for significance by giving us the opportunity to take a sip of fame, but has also made us aware that this thirst is digitally unquenchable. We make infectious home videos in the hope that they will go viral. We become so obsessed with our digital dear diary that we measure success…..
The founding fathers of science viewed their craft as another way of seeking the mind of God. Over time, however, their followers replaced His thoughts with their own and began to treat God as an unwanted intruder in their enlightenment kingdom. Unwilling to give Him a fair hearing, they formed a scientific swat team and stormed the gates of heaven, pillaged the pantheon, and returned with…..
The once proud mainline denominations that nourished the faith of our youth are exiting the cultural stage like extras in someone else’s worldview drama. Sensing declining attendance they have tried to regain their standing by trying to become more culturally relevant, but in the process have become spiritually irrelevant. Instead of marketing their salvation specialty, they began offering 31 flavors…..
Mankind’s illusory sophistication has sadly resulted in his uncanny ability to separate ideas from reality. He frequently quotes authors, promotes their philosophies, and then surprisingly neglects the fact that those very ideas failed in the laboratory of life. How is it possible that Nietzsche can be elevated to the status of postmodern philosophical hero when this superman was woefully…..
