Have you read any books lately that might be of interest to kindred spirits in the Cranach community?
Have you read any books lately that might be of interest to kindred spirits in the Cranach community?
There are two poles of contemporary thought--evident in academic philosophy departments, ordinary people's differences of opinion, and the ministry of the church--though both are alien to the Christian worldview. One insists that truth can only be established by the canons of scientific rationalism. The other insists that truth--or, rather "truth-claims"--are historically conditioned.
We usually assume that threats to Christianity come from the outside--the forces of secularism, postmodernism, the sexual revolution, etc., etc.--but what about threats to Christianity from the inside? One observer , reflecting on the scandals in the church, maintains that churches have become the biggest obstacle to religion.
The killer at Uvalde, Texas, didn't seem to have anything against the fourth graders he murdered. It was nothing personal. And that, I would suggest, is part of the problem. The killer didn't see his victims as persons. They were objects. Targets. Such dehumanizing is cultivated throughout our culture of death.
Memorial Day is a holiday devoted to memory. Memory is a super-power that human beings have, the ability to summon to our present consciousness the experiences of the past.
Abortion existed throughout human history, including the ancient world. And Christianity has consistently condemned abortion and fought for the protection of unborn children. Here is evidence from the early church.
Here is a haunting song from Simon Khorolskiy. What other new music would you recommend to the Cranach community?
The Southern Baptist Convention and some prominent evangelicals supported legalized abortion in the years just before and after Roe v. Wade. Earlier, though, evangelicals had a history of opposing it. And due to Francis Schaeffer and others, evangelicals soon awoke to the evil of abortion, joining with Catholics to form the modern pro-life movement.
A European can't get his mind around America's culture wars. He says that Americans have more in common than they realize. He critiques both the Left and the Right, who also agree in repudiating Western Civilization. Actually, though, they differ about what Western Civilization is.
Traditionally, says Michael Warren Davis, weddings were seen as a beginning, the start of a new family. That was reflected in everything from the wedding gifts, designed to start a household, to the honeymoon, the couple's initiation into sex. Today weddings tend to be seen as an end, a "settling down" after finally finding the right romantic partner.
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