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We all have a worldview home. A safe space where we go to be protected from the thorns and thistles. A domicile built with sweat and tears. Most of us, however, have been oblivious to the emotional, intellectual, and societal subcontractors who have snuck in and engaged in unsolicited renovations. Sadly, our lack of architectural awareness has resulted in an…..
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 to…..
Studies consistently show that 90 percent of all people believe in a god of some sort or another. Spirituality, therefore, is not a demographic outlier but rather the statistically significant air we breathe. It is not a hobby for the scientifically illiterate but one of the basic elements in the periodic table of human experience. The real question before us…..
Postmodernism arose as a reaction to the modernist claims that absolute truth was found only through science and that the spiritual realm didn’t exist. Postmodernism responded by establishing personal experience as the yardstick of reality and adopting the new spirituality as the way to reclaim the transcendent. Our youth have embraced this worldview because they know life is more than natural laws and religious legalisms, randomized controlled experiments and canon law. They have become what Pew refers to as the, “nones,” a group…..
It seems every company has an online help desk to assist us with technical difficulties. The website usually begins by directing us to the FAQ page for solutions to commonly encountered problems, a holy screen that instructs us to perform a few digital Hail Mary’s or Our Fathers to achieve technological absolution. However, when these fail, we are…..
It has been a sad week; I lost a precious member of my extended family and a dear friend lost her son. If we live long enough, we will all come face-to-face with the death of a loved one. Every worldview, therefore, must deal with this important issue if it is to be viable in the marketplace of ideas. All…..
I am disappointed by the lack of scientific rigor that is applied to Neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory, a theory that basically states that random mutations (mistakes in genetic replication) are the fuel that drives the evolutionary machine. While proponents claim that it is the natural selection of those mutations that actually makes us winners in this cosmic game of dice, it…..
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…..
Christians are engaged in a cultural worldview battle. Our two most prominent adversaries are the philosophical forces of modernism and postmodernism. Modernism, assembles its atheistic forces and engages the Bible and its adherents in conventional warfare. These skirmishes are often conducted in college auditoriums where the generals of each side spar in a war of words. Postmodernism, on the…..
Postmodernism arose as a response to the modernist claims that truth is determined scientifically and that life is nothing but chemicals. It didn’t like the idea of universal truth whether it was scientific, religious, or philosophical. It bristled at the thought of science as the new sheriff in town, especially since they thought they had already demoted the previous religious and government law…..
