When on the evening of January 31, 1709 Woodes Rogers, captain of the Duke and commander of a privateer squadron consisting of the frigates Duke and the Duchess, saw fire on the island of Juan Fernandez, he must have been quite disappointed, thinking the island was in the possession of a Spanish party. Led to [...]
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If there was a political decision in the last several decades that is in perfect agreement with the Two-Kingdoms Theology, it is the vote of the legislature of the state of New York on elevating sodomite perversion to the level of “marriage.” On one hand, the state legislature, as an institution of the common kingdom, [...]
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How does a missionary develop a theology of resistance in a nation where an open conflict with the culture will lead to the missionary being expelled and the movement die before it was born? While in Europe dissent with the ruling establishments can still be open and direct, much of the world is still a [...]
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Over a year ago, in my article, “I Am not a Social Reformer, I Am Here to Preach the Gospel,” I gave a quite radical example of a missionary in Amazonia to illustrate my point about the necessity of a comprehensive worldview in the beliefs and the practice of a missionary. Of course, the example [...]
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After last week’s article was posted, I received an email from an individual who was concerned that I was placing blame on the Church for the sorry state of the American culture. He took exception to this thesis and offered a different explanation as to why the culture is the way it is. I believe [...]
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But how, in the face of all these overwhelming facts of social and economic breakdown, can you be so optimistic for our generation? How can you be so confident in turning the tide in the face of today’s corrupt politics, rising influence of liberal media, scores of Americans dumbed down by public schools and TV, [...]
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How we view the future directly impacts the way we live in the present. If we believe that the ultimate decay of our culture is inevitable, can we truly be motivated to fight it. Hope for cultural reformation will fuel efforts to that end.
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Christians aren’t the only ones with a view of the future. Every religion and major social or political movement has an eschatology that effects how they conduct day to day life. In this episode Gary looks at some of the various major eschatological views and the impact they have had on our culture.
Full Story » First-century believers could have offered tangible evidence that there was little chance for the gospel to have an impact on the status quo of religious and civil oppression in their day. How could a small band of men – led by a fisherman (Peter) and a tentmaker (Paul) – living under Roman occupation ever conceive that their circumstances would change enough so that the gospel message would lead to the transformation of the world?
Full Story » The Church has been given two commissions, and both involve being “fruitful and multiplying.” Genesis 1:28 states to “be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Similarly, [...]
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