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displaying all posts about "Cultural Trends"

February 11th, 2010 // posted in Cultural Trends, Worldview

“Just” Prayer

I hope this doesn’t seem petty.
I can’t stand it when people use the word “just” as the adjective in their prayers preceding what they want God to do. Why do we minimize God’s activity on our behalf? Why do we attempt to diminish the significance of what we ask Him to do? Should we just [...]

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February 9th, 2010 // posted in Cultural Trends, Organic Church

Championing the Christ-without-church Movement

The Internet is a fascinating compendium of thoughts from millions of people. I could spend countless hours reading blogs from around the world on which people offer their ideas and many other people react. I have been fascinated by many of the exchanges I have read – at the depth of thought, the profanity-laced and [...]

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February 3rd, 2010 // posted in Cultural Trends

Homosexuals, Christians and Love

A few months ago I wrote a Barna Update about our research among homosexuals. Every year I write several reports about topics that make people uncomfortable, and invariably describe some data that people wish were not the case. In this instance one of the observations from the research was that a significant proportion of the [...]

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January 20th, 2010 // posted in Cultural Trends, Media

Disqualified Because of Personality?

While catching up on some back reading recently I was intrigued by an editorial in the NY Times by Ross Douthat, whose columns are often interesting. In his November 22, 2009 column, Douthat wrote that Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin, in particular, seem unsuited for the presidency because they do not have the gravitas required [...]

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January 4th, 2010 // posted in Cultural Trends

Jesus’ Health Care Plan

You can’t turn on the TV, listen to radio or read a newspaper without confronting some information about the raging debate on health care. Surveys continue to show that Americans are not well-informed on the issue and are struggling to figure out who is telling the truth about existing needs, the financial implications of the [...]

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