Leith Anderson writes about local church polity much like George Barna or Elmer Towns write about church movements. Anderson offers many unique insights into different kinds of churches that exist today though Anderson himself is more on the culturally relevant side seeing culture as ideologically neutral. He says, ‘‘That is not to say that absolute […]
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Ministering To Our Culture
Who cares how many boxes of cereal can be sold via television? We need to know if television changes our conception of reality, the relationship of the rich to the poor, the idea of happiness itself. A preacher who confines himself to considering how a medium can increase his audience will miss the significant question: […]
Technopoly
Technopoly is a condition that exists when technology begins to control too many areas of human life. But, of course, that is a ‘‘catch 22’’ situation. We need and usually desire to have technological advantages but we often hate what they do to our lives. The clock was invented to regulate the prayer time of […]
Modern Fascism
I have thought for a long time that the fall of the Roman Empire is not as important to modern America as is Nazi Germany. Think of that great nation with a Christian Reformation heritage. It only took the right kind of man at the right time to produce Nazi Germany. I made a list […]
Postmodern Times
As I have written in this month’s article, ‘‘postmodern’’ describes the times in which we live. This is a 1994 book and none of the books in the footnotes on this subject date before 1989. Veith presents a sobering and thought-provoking look at ourselves, especially in America. He quotes Princeton theologian Diogenes Allen saying, ‘‘A […]
Uncommon Sense: A Layman’s Briefing Book
George Will called Cal Thomas a ‘‘moral environmentalist.’’ Thomas is a Christian editorialist who has gained the respect of the political arena. I rely on him to give a Christian perspective of current events and issues. This is a 1990 edition that contains a number of writings on moral issues from abortion to Israel. It […]
The Death of Ethics in America
Cal Thomas is one of those unusually blessed writers who is able to keep his head above the water in the secular world of editorialists. Besides his daily wisdom as a Los Angeles Times Syndicated Columnist, he has written books which challenge our thinking toward our own generation. Though this book was written before the […]
Knowing The Time
We are all concerned, or at least should be, with knowing what’s going on in our own generation. Even though we may protest, our churches are affected by the present culture often to the same degree as most transient institutions. It is not, therefore, a consolation to have to agree with Neil Postman when he […]
Made In America
This is the same Michael Horton who edited The Agony Of Deceit, which informed us very well about the practice and theology of Charismatics. This time, as author, Horton focuses on America as a whole and its growing atheism. I think he does us a service by reminding Christians not to sell their souls to […]
Seven Men Who Rule The World From The Gr...
If you are a student of your generation, you will enjoy and profit from reading Dave Breese’s recent book. If you are equally weary of reading popular books on our present culture and coming away feeling full of fluff, you will enjoy this book! Rather than just giving you something to feel, the author gives […]