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The Antidote to Post-Humanism

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  • R. Albert Mohler Jr.

The article considers the threat posed by the worldview of posthumanism, a view that human beings should have the right to improve themselves in whatever way, especially scientific ways, such as genetics and genetic engineering. The article warns against this, noting that human beings must confine themselves to being image bearers of God.

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The Fool’s Folly Uncovered

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  • James R. White

The author of this article pinpoints a small sample of erratic statements in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. Some of the errors have to do with the alleged changing of the biblical text by Constantine, the exclusion from the New Testament of a vast number of about eighty gospels, and the alleged omission from the Bible of Jesus' human traits.

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The Da Vinci Conspiracy

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  • R. C. Sproul

This article deals with the public sensation brought about by Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. It traces the source of the claims of the author to the Gnostics that were especially prominent in the first few centuries AD.

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Confounding the Postmodern Mind

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  • Gene Edward Veith

The author discusses the difficulties brought to the church in North America by both modernism and postmodernism. While the fundamentalists did well to stand well against modernists, the subsequent generation of fundamentalists and evangelical fundamentalists are giving in to the persuasions of postmodernism in very subtle ways. This has negatively affected the effectiveness of the gospel they preach.

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The Liberal Agenda

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  • R. C. Sproul

The author discusses the influence of liberalism or liberal theology on the church. The author ends by noting the present-day remains of the liberal agenda.

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The Cults as Theological Judgment

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  • R. Albert Mohler Jr.

The cults are "the unpaid bills of the church." By this statement, the author places some blame for the proliferation of cults today on the church's failure to answer some of the most pertinent questions of our day. When Christians appear to be unable to make their stand in some of the crucial matters of man's existence, the devil takes advantage.

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Changing the World

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  • R. C. Sproul Jr.

This article wrestles with the issue of the differences between cultures and how that may appear in the way these cultures understand the message of the cross of Christ.

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The Salvation of Knowledge

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  • Burk Parsons

The article considers how a new understanding of knowledge, called conceptualization, poses a danger for a believer's view of knowledge, and hence also biblical truth.

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The Law of Life

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  • R. Albert Mohler Jr.

This article discusses the Pentateuch (or Law) from the perspective of modernism and post-modernism.

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The Challenge of Pluralism for the Contemporary Church

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  • Alister E. McGrath

Churches are faced with the reality of pluralism. While the basic phenomenon is not new, the intellectual response to it is: the suggestion that plurality of beliefs is theoretically justified. The first casualty of the pluralist agenda is truth. McGrath's approach is to articulate some of the central presuppositions and methods of a pluralist ideology and intellectual pluralism.

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Christianity and Philosophy

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  • J. M. Batteau

Philosophy is inescapable, but what kind of philosophy should we have? This article looks at philosophy and the revelation of God, Christian philosophy, a Christian worldview, and antithesis in philosophy.

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Ten Ways Modern Culture Is Different Because of John Calvin

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  • David W. Hall

John Calvin influenced modern culture in many ways. This article looks at ten of those ways: in education, care of the poor, ethics, freedom of the church, government, politics, vocation, economics, music and the press. This is a study on Calvinism and culture.

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The Christian Church's Response to Pluralism

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  • Alister E. McGrath

The church in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries is confronted with religious pluralism. McGrath points out the attack made against the doctrines of the incarnation and the Trinity. He argues that the specific identity of God is central to the formulation of the doctrine of the Trinity. The article argues the question whether it is possible to remain faithful to the Christian faith and engage positively with the challenge of pluralism.

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How Does God Relate to the World?

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  • Mostyn Roberts

This article evaluates compares the understanding of Christian theism and panentheism on immanence. It shows that panentheism contradicts the biblical understanding of how God relates to the world by making the world to exist in God.

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The Puritans on Human Impediments in Coming to Christ

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  • Joel R. Beeke

This article gives eight reasons why people fail to come to Christ. With unbelief leading them all, conversion eludes many.

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The Centrality of the Gospel

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  • Timothy J. Keller

From Galatians 2:14 this article shows that all of life should be in line with the gospel. However, moralism and relativism steal this call from believers.

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Relevance of 'Calvinism' for the Church Growth and Expansion in the Modern World

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  • Joop Schreuder

After showing that in postmodernism and pluralism the church is not meeting a new enemy, this article shows how evangelism from a Reformed perspective can be undertaken based on the Reformed doctrines, keeping God at the centre.

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Stuck in Adolescence?

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  • Cornelis van Dam

The culture is stuck in adolescence. In its desire for more entertainment, novelty, emotions, and feelings, it has remained a juvenile culture. This article shows how this attitude has also affected the church. In seeking to be attractive to the youth, the church has remained in adolescence. This article maps a way forward to recover from this and be grown-ups.

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Jesus Christ Superstar

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  • R. C. Sproul Jr.

This article evaluates modern methods of evangelism which seek to contextualize Jesus. Modern pop culture "celebrates" Jesus in many ways - but is this biblical?

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No Accounting

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  • R. C. Sproul Jr.

Why do we not delight in the Pentateuch? Is it just a matter of preference? What should our perspective toward the Pentateuch be?

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American Idols

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  • R. C. Sproul Jr.

Is the adoration of famous personalities in the entertainment industry - such as TV, movie, or sports stars - idolatry?

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A Real and Relevant Religion

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  • Mark G. Johnston

One threat facing the church today is that of practical atheism, which is a result of materialism, secularism, pluralism, and existentialism. The church can stand against this by upholding the truth of God in preaching and Christian living.

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Throwing Toys Out of the Pram

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  • Carl R. Trueman

This article is about coddling and over-protecting our children, and the effects of this on our children and society. 

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Celebrating the Death of Meaning

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  • Carl R. Trueman

This article looks at postmodernism and its emphasis on the meaninglessness of life. THe concept of death challenges this ideology, and shows that the secular world longs for meaning in life.

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Faith and Philosophy

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  • Greg Koukl

This article demonstrates how philosophy and theology can be integrated based on a discussion of the sovereignty of God and free will.

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The Maya: Whence the Fancy Math?

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  • Margaret Helder

This article looks at the mystery of the Mayan civilization, and their concept of date and time. 

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Cultural Barriers to Preaching

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  • John A. Haverland

This article is about the barriers to the preaching of the gospel that result from postmodernism. The author looks at secularism, pluralism, and the loss of truth.

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Pragmatism

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  • John R. Sittema

What is pragmatism? This article explores this question, showing how it applies to popular issues of our day such as abortion, marriage and divorce, and church membership.

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Liberalism: Attractions and Dangers

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  • W. Robert Godfrey

This article is about Gresham Machen and his fight against liberalism.

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Opinions, Robbery, and the Resurrection

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  • Ian D. Glover

This article is about faith in a pluralistic society. Is pluralism really the answer? Can you really just believe what you want as long as it is useful for your life? What about truth?

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Intolerable Tolerance

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  • Robert Rothwell

This article is about tolerance, relativism, and standing up for your beliefs.

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Post-Secular

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  • Klaas Stam

This article is about post-secularism. Religion is acceptable again after post-modernism, but it is a religion where the church cannot talk about truth and heresy anymore. You go to the church of your choice.

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Postmodernism Discredited

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  • George P. van Popta

This article is about how an event like September 11 2001 (9/11) changed a world view. Postmodernism is on its way out, people look at religion differently.

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The Humanist Faith

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  • Unknown

This article is about humanism, tolerance and the position of man before God.

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Confronting Modernity

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  • John R. Muether

This article is about postmodernism, all the choices we have today, consumerism, and secular influences on the church.

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Deconstructing...Musing on Some Modern Problems About Words

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  • Derek W. H. Thomas

Postmodernism is the denial of metanarrative, and deconstructionism is the denial of the definable meaning of words. This article shows that both these things have the same source - unbelief. It is only belief in God that will provide the truth that encompasses all reality.

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Why Christianity Consistently Collides with Culture

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  • Mike Brummel

What are Christians called to do in light of our differences with the world? This article offers three considerations on what to do in the midst of our collision with culture: embrace collision, receive God's promises, and love your neighbour.

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In the Wasteland Civilisation might be collapsing, but the Gospel is equal to the challenge

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  • Douglas F. Kelly

Idolatry leads to intellectual and physical adultery. This is the culture we live in. How did it get to be like that? This article briefly answers that question.

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A Perilous Philosophy Ethics can never be just a numbers game

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  • Charles Colson

This article shows what happens when utilitarianism is applied to ethics. It only leads to death and absurdity.

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Christianity and Culture These apparent opposites can and must be reconciled in faith

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  • J. Gresham Machen

The relationship between Christianity and culture can be viewed from three perspectives: Christianity may be subordinate to culture, it can destroy culture, or it can consecrate culture. This article chooses for consecration and it shows what it means.

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The Bible in the Postmodern Age

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  • William MacLeod

Looking at postmodernism and its denial of absolute truth and treatment of all religions as equal, this article shows that Christianity opposes postmodernism by holding to the biblical truth.

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Culture Changes You

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  • Nick Rynerson

Culture is everywhere and, like it or not, culture is changing you. If this is the case then how can Christians use the tools of culture for discipleship? This article defines what culture is and gives a way in which Christians can engage with pop culture.

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Touchstones and Ebenezers

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  • Phil Mobley

How should Christians interact with their culture? Christians should see themselves as called to produce culture. This article looks at the place of creativity and arts in producing culture and explains that with God's kingdom as a primary focus, Christians have an opportunity to positively impact culture.

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Yin-Yang

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  • Wilbur G. Bruinsma

Ours is a yin-yang society. This article shows that just like the yin-yang our society has embraced relativism. The article shows what this means for religion, morality and sexuality and gender.

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God as Wish Fulfilment?

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  • Alister E. McGrath

This article evaluates the claims of Ludwig Feuerbach and Sigmund Freud, who both claimed that God is a reflection of human desires.

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Politics and the Kingdom of God

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  • Justin S. Holcomb

How should Christians interact with the culture and politics of where they live? This article looks at Augustine's and Calvin's view, adding a contemporary view to this question to show how Christians can be part of a cultural change.

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Eastern Ideas

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  • Calvin Kalsbeek

For Christians to live in this world it is important to understand ideas that shape the culture they live in. This article looks at the New Age Movement and the four spiritual flaws resulting from this movement: pantheism, reincarnation, moral relativism, and esotericism.

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Western Ideas: Chameleon-Christianity

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  • Calvin Kalsbeek

Chameleon Christianity is enmity against Christ, for it is a drifting away from the truth of the gospel. This article examines ideas that contribute to this drifting: environmentalism, the homosexual movement, and abortion calls. It shows how the church can remain true to the gospel.

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The New/Old Way Our Culture Pressures Us to Conform

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  • Tim Challies

The means that culture has used throughout to pressure Christians to conform to the world is either through fear, guilt, or shame. This article looks at the pressure of honour and shame.

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The Cainite Character of Our Culture

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  • R. Fowler White

It is becoming more of a reality that we are facing a Cainite culture, following the footsteps of Cain. Based on Genesis 4:16-24, this article argues that a Caninite culture is one that denies God's presence, godly virtues, godly worship, and godly fear.

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Choice at the Moldy Buffet

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  • Jeremy Dehaan

Relativism is not just an idea. It manifests itself in a lifestyle. This article shows how relativism leads to the god of choice.

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The Bible and the Authority of Reason

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  • J. I. Packer

Humanism appeals to reason as its authority while Christianity appeals to Scripture as its authority. Can Christians appeals to reason? This article answers this question by looking at the authority of reason in religion, in Protestant theology, and in the Scriptures.

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Missions: Understanding Our Times

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  • Eric Moerdyk

It has been said that the church is faced with the giants of postmodernism, relativism, hedonism, and consumerism. How can you speak about Christ as Lord in times as ours? This article offers some ways of speaking about Christ as Lord with a sense of understanding the times we live in. Contextualization is not out of the picture if used with caution in missions.

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The Call to Creativity

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  • Art Lindsley

The call to creativity is realized once believers understand what it means to be created in the image of God. To achieve this thinking we must see ourselves within the scope of the gospel narrative, which is creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. This article explains.

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A Rising Tide of Persecution

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  • Barnabas

This article shows that Christians are met by persecutions from three groups—Islam, communism, and secular humanism. In such times Christian are called to perceive, petition, and persevere.

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Being the Church in a Post-Christian Culture

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  • J. van 't Spijker

With consideration to the impact of secularization in society and the privatization of life, this article shows how the church was before and after Constantine, then draws some lessons for the life of the church in a post-Christian culture.

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Secular Humanism Is a Religion

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  • David A. Noebel

This article defines humanism as a religion, with secular education as its tool.

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The Gospel According to Oprah

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  • Klaas Stam

This article warns against the danger behind the Oprah Winfrey talk show in her promotion of pantheism and the power of positive thinking.

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Standing in the Shadow of Dawkins

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  • Calvin Kalsbeek

Humanism and atheism pose a great challenge to Christians in our age. One of the biggest instruments of these movements is education. This article is geared to helping Christians understand what is happening within the world of education - especially tertiary education. It also gives ways in which to stand against prophets of atheism such as Richard Dawkins.

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Existentialism – The Philosophy Behind Our Age

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  • Kenneth Koole

This article discusses the philosophy behind our current age. According to this author, the best way to describe this age is through the word 'existentialism'. Evolution, atheism and existentialism are triplets which cannot be separated, joined by the thread of their umbilical cord.

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Time is of the Essence

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  • Nigel T. Faithfull

This article looks at the relationship between time and eternity. We cannot comprehend how eternity relates to the past, present and future. However, we do know that time was created by God, and He has given us this moment to use so that we can spend eternity with Him or without Him. Therefore, time is of the essence.

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Old Opium Meets the New

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  • Carl R. Trueman

Looking at television and its impact on culture, this article shows that culture is never value-neutral. Television has produced a celebrity culture, and this in turn has impacted Christians. This article warns the church from taking the path of culture syncretism, as did the Roman Catholic Church.

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Mere Spirituality

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  • John Rogers

This article is about the new spirituality of our day and the New Age movement, which tend to focus on emotions. Christian spirituality offers so much more!

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Peace Settlements in History

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  • Frederika G. Oosterhoff

This article is about war and peace treaties in history.

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American Idolatry

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  • Carl R. Trueman

This article considers idolatry in our culture, as it is embodied in a show like <em>American Idol</em>. It explains that the key to understanding and critiquing much of human culture is total depravity.

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The Nowhere Man

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  • Paul H. Treick

This article is about a mindset we find today that nothing really matters and there is no truth.

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The Absolutist's Guide to Universal

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  • Jeremy Smith

This article is about good and evil in the movies.

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Ships that Pass in the Night

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  • Klaas Stam

This article is about the Christian being dependent and weak, but safe with Jesus Christ.

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The REAL Power of Positive Thinking - The Religion of Success

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  • Klaas Stam

This article is about positive thinking, self-esteem, success and the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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1789-1989: The Two Hundredth Anniversary of the French Revolution

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  • Frederika G. Oosterhoff

This article is about the fruits of the French Revolution.

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Influencing and Being Influenced by Culture

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  • J. Jonkman

How is a Christian to engage with the culture? This article explores the concept of culture, and the kinds of spiritual influences working in culture. The occult and the work of Satan are discussed in this regard. The article stresses that the Christian needs to understand his place in the culture, and lean upon the Lord to remain faithful.

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Hypnotism

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  • G. Feyter

What should Christians think about hypnotism? The article engages this question.

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Change and Decay

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  • William Lane Craig

Though we come to know that we will eventually die, we typically do not appreciate this fact until we take a first-person perspective on the matter. This article raises the matter of change and decay, and shows that if there is no God, life is meaningless.

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Three Reasons Why Pastors Should Preach about the Public Square

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  • Owen D. Strachan

This article offers three thoughts on why ministers should carefully speak up on public issues: the church body needs wisdom on how to live in society well, the secular culture needs to hear from the true culture, and believers have historically been agents for change because of strong pulpits.

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Jesus under Siege Satan continues his 2000-year-old policy of undermining Christ’s Truth

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  • Peter Barnes

Satan’s attack on the church has been through persecution or undermining Christ’s truth. This article shows how the Jesus Seminar undermines the historicity of Christ and the reliability of the gospels.

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Past the Post

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  • David Burke

Postmodernism says you can construct your own reality, truth, and values. This article shows how such mentality has affected school education, as it undermines reality, understanding of knowledge and values. The article also offers suggestions on how Christians may engage with postmodernism.

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Western Ideas

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  • Calvin Kalsbeek

For Christians to understand their times, it is important to understand the history of ideas that shapes their culture. This article looks at premodernism, modernism, postmodernism.

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Challenges to the Gospel in a Secular World

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  • Paul Coulter

Post-Christianity, pluralism and postmodernism are some of the challenges facing the church as she finds herself in a secularised society. This article argues that the church can face these challenges with the gospel. It defines the gospel and shows how the church can communicate it to the world.

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Secularization and the Sexual Revolution: Evangelical Theology and the Cultural Crisis (Part 1)

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  • R. Albert Mohler Jr.

How did we come to embrace secularism and sexual revolution in our culture? This article looks at the activism of the homosexuals and how this has had an impact on the church.

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The Secularization of the West and the Rise of a New Morality

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  • R. Albert Mohler Jr.

How did we come to embrace secularism and sexual revolution as part of our culture? This article looks at the development from modernism to postmodernism and the impact they had on the nature of authority and morality.

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Keeping the Faith in a Faithless Age: The Church as a Moral Minority

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  • R. Albert Mohler Jr.

Can man live without God? This is the question posed by secularism. How should the church answer this question? The article explains that it is only through standing on God's truth that the church can answer the question.

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Western Ideas: Marxism

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  • Calvin Kalsbeek

For Christians to live in this world it is important to understand ideas that shape their culture. This article discusses communism or Marxism. It shows how the ideas of Karl Marx influence the world but also the church.

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Humanism Vs. Protestant Reformed Teachers: No R & R (Part 2)

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  • Russell J. Dykstra

This article explains that a big challenge facing Christian school teachers is the influence of humanism on students, parents, and teachers themselves.

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Why I Am Not Liberal

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  • Tim Challies

Liberalism is a matter of authority—the authority of the Bible against the authority of the human mind. It atttacks the doctrine of inerrancy and the sufficiency of scripture. The article explains further.

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Will the Church Survive the 21st Century?

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  • George I. Macaskill

Secularism should be viewed by the church as an opportunity for the church to thrive. This article gives four ways of thinking about the challenges of secularism.

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The Impact of Postmodern Thinking on Evangelical Hermeneutics

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  • J. Robertson McQuilkin, Bradford Mullen

The authors reflect upon the context of postmodernism in which the church finds itself and the impact it has on both an evangelical understanding of the authority of Scripture and a hermeneutic that allows believers to understand and apply God's Word to different aspects of the Christian faith and life.

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Philosophical Apologetics, the Church, and Contemporary Culture

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  • J. P. Moreland

Should philosophy be eschewed in the church? If the church does, Moreland argues, believers will then continue to speak largely to themselves. In this essay, he aims to clarify the nature and tasks of philosophical apologetics, identify in the contemporary culture areas where the church need to focus its attention as a community, and offers some brief remarks about a strategy for the future.

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Church Controversies and the Culture Gap

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  • John L. van Popta

The shift from modernism to postmodernism has created a culture gap. This article shows how this culture gap is affecting the life of the church and how it can be addressed.

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Understanding the Times

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  • Calvin Kalsbeek

Behind the so-called culture war looms a greater battle; namely, the spiritual warfare. It is in knowing the times we live in that Christians are able to engage in this spiritual battle.

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Sphere Sovereignty

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  • Hans Boersma

In this article on sphere sovereignty, the author looks at the limited authority of government, the sovereignty of God and society, Abraham Kuyper on sphere sovereignty, the government and economics, and free enterprise.

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Columbus – Rediscovered?

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  • Frederika G. Oosterhoff

This article is about colonialization and Christopher Columbus.

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In Defence of History

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  • Frederika G. Oosterhoff

This article is about history in the school curriculum. The importance and benefits of history is discussed, as well as die providence of God in history.

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The Marsellaise

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  • Christine Farenhorst

This article is about the Marsellaise, Rouget de Lisle, and the French revolution (1789-1799).

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Imagine - The Marxist Legacy of John Lennon

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  • Klaas Stam

This article is about the ideals of John Lennon and the kingdom of Christ.

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Paradigm Shifts – A Historical Survey

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  • Frederika G. Oosterhoff

This article is about paradigms and paradigm shifts. It discusses world view.

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At the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

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  • Frederika G. Oosterhoff

This article is about the philosophical ideas that shaped the beginning of the twentieth century and which is still determining our moral and intellectual climate today.

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Can a Faithful Christianity Embrace a Pluralistic Theology of Religions?

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  • Rick Simpson

This is a critique of prescriptive pluralism. Pluralism argues that there is no one truth or one way of salvation. Rick Simpson argues that prescriptive pluralism does not fit with faithful Christianity.

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Church and Revolution

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  • Frederika G. Oosterhoff

This article is about the French Revolution and its effect on secularization and on the church.

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Remembrance Day – A Cult for the Dead?

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  • Paul Aasman

This article is about Remembrance Day or Veterans Day, and the importance of remembering history.

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Stop Chasing Happiness. It's Making You Miserable

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  • Adriel Sanchez

Where do you find meaning? Is it in the pursuit of happiness? This article explains that the Bible alone gives us the best framework for understanding our thirst for meaning, and that we do not invent meaning but it is something we realize was there all along.

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