God’s Universal Natural Revelation
Last week I started a short series looking at God’s two-fold revelation as expressed in Psalm 19. This week we focus on the first form… Read More »God’s Universal Natural Revelation
common grace
Simplicity
God has filled our world with pleasures, and He has given His image-bearers the power to create even more. We could survive by eating insects… Read More »Simplicity
Shall We Preach the Gospel or Morality? Part Two: Natural Virtue and Common Grace
Some contemporary Christians think it is counterproductive or even sinful to proclaim moral standards to unsaved people. One of the reasons they think this is… Read More »Shall We Preach the Gospel or Morality? Part Two: Natural Virtue and Common Grace
The Sanctificationist Approach to Culture
What is clear from this exploration is that each of the three primary post-Christendom approaches to culture have strengths and weaknesses when compared to the… Read More »The Sanctificationist Approach to Culture
Holy Values Ought to Affect Every Aspect of a Christian’s Culture
The fourth conclusion coming out of the idea that culture is behavior is that holy values ought to affect every aspect of a Christian’s behavior.… Read More »Holy Values Ought to Affect Every Aspect of a Christian’s Culture
Unbelievers’ Culture Can Be Good
The third principle that emerges from the idea of culture as behavior is that fundamental antithesis exists between the values of Christians and unbelievers, but… Read More »Unbelievers’ Culture Can Be Good
Herman Dooyeweerd’s Approach to Culture
The first of Kuyper’s direct followers to explicitly transition away from the Reformed doctrine of two kingdoms was Herman Dooyeweerd (1894-1977). Building on Kuyper’s ambiguity,… Read More »Herman Dooyeweerd’s Approach to Culture
Abraham Kuyper’s Approach to Culture
The history of Christian approaches to culture clearly enters a stage of transition in the work of Dutch Reformed theologian Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920). VanDrunen argues… Read More »Abraham Kuyper’s Approach to Culture