To understand some of the reasons why our current culture is the way it is, I recommend Carl Trueman’s book, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self or his more recent book, Strange New World. Below is a video where Trueman presents some of the ideas from these books. I think he explains things …
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What is a Human Being? Part 3
"To err is human," or so the saying goes. When someone gives into temptation or makes a mistake of some kind, such a person will often say, "Well, I'm only human after all!" In other words, when we think of what it means to be a human being, usually we include all the ways in …
The Spiritual Journey Part 4: Belief, (Un)Certainty, and Why Everyone is a Person of Faith
After my three recent posts on construction, deconstruction, and reconstruction, I had a few extra thoughts I thought worth sharing. To begin, this whole process of construction, deconstruction, and reconstruction is all about going through a time of serious doubts regarding your faith. It's a period of profound questioning, one many experience. Some find that …
The Spiritual Journey Part 3: Reconstruction (Playing LEGO with Your Faith)
My 12 year old son Eli loves LEGO. Indeed, for the last couple of years we’ve gotten him a large LEGO set either for Christmas or his birthday. He’s got a 12-inch LEGO Yoda, the Avengers quinjet, and the Batman batcave. When he opens a new set, gets out the rather large manual, he patiently and meticulously …
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The Spiritual Journey Part 2: Deconstruction (Or Playing Jenga with Your Faith)
Last time I talked about receiving the building blocks of faith, the stage of the spiritual journey we might call construction. How we begin to become people of faith because of other people of faith. Beliefs get handed down. And at least for a period of our lives, we accept these beliefs without difficulty or …
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