We have been discussing New Testament implications of the idea that culture is essentially the behavior of a people group. Here are the previous implications: New… Read More »The evangelistic power of holy culture
In 1 Cor 9:22, Paul writes, “I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.” This is series… Read More »All Things to All Men | Part 3: What the Passage Means (vv19-20)
Culture is the same as behavior, and I am explaining in this series implications from the New Testament based on that idea. Here are the… Read More »New Creatures–New Culture
We are in the midst of a series on New Testament implications of the idea that culture is essentially behavior. Here are the previous two… Read More »Christian culture
Before us are Paul’s words to the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23: For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to… Read More »All Things to All Men | Part 2: Interpretative Principles
I am writing a series on implications of the idea that culture is essentially the behavior of a people. Last time I asserted that New Testament… Read More »Culture and ethnicity
There is a lot of talk about culture these days, but I’m convinced that most of the people who talk about it have never really… Read More »A New Testament Understanding of Culture
All human behavior is moral. Culture is human behavior. Therefore, all culture is moral. For more: “Towards a Biblical Understanding of Culture”
Christians today seem to assume that the best way to have the greatest gospel impact in the world is to gain the world’s approval and acceptance… Read More »Gospel impact and the world’s approval
The purpose of this essay is not to argue that visual media is inherently evil. Nor is its purpose to contend that visual media lacks… Read More »Why you should read the book rather than watch the movie
I’ve seen a lot of mistaken rhetoric online–even by otherwise conservative Christians–about contraceptives and the Hobby Lobby ruling by the Supreme Court. I’d like to… Read More »Facts about the Hobby Lobby ruling even some Christians seem to be missing
Over the past several months I have written a series of short articles in which I dealt with the major categories of a biblical philosophy of… Read More »Free eBook of Back to Basics Series
This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm that much of popular culture is formulaic and sentimentalized,… Read More »Article 11: On Popular Culture
Richard Niebuhr’s classic taxonomy in Christ and Culture attempts to articulate various ways of understanding the appropriate response of Christians toward culture: Christ Against Culture Christ… Read More »“Churches” or “Christians” and Culture?
This is Shai Linne‘s final question to me in our conversation between Christian brothers about Christian rap. This post will not make sense unless you start at… Read More »Discussion about Christian rap with Shai Linne: Roots
This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm that inordinate expressions of worship often arise from… Read More »Article 9: On Harmony and Variety in Ordinate Expression
Christians have always wrestled with how they should respond to the cultures around them. On the one hand, we recognize the goodness of God’s creation… Read More »Christians and Culture
Quentin Faulkner makes the following assertion about polyphony and the western musical tradition: Polyphony is often cited as the major distinction of Western European art… Read More »Cultural superiority
Many Christians are talking about culture these days, but unfortunately few have given any serious thought to what culture is, especially in biblical terms. The… Read More »Culture and Race
This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm that manipulation of the visceral appetites is dangerous to… Read More »Article 5: On the Appetites