Culture

The Christian Post has published an article by R. Albert Mohler Jr. in which Mohler ruminates on decades old research by Dean Kelley and a recent David Brooks op-ed article…

Over the weekend The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader opened in theaters across the country. I had the opportunity to attend an advance screening a few…

From major metropolitan centers to rural back-road hamlets, America is becoming increasingly multiethnic. Accompanying this increasing demographic reality are churches' attempts to Biblically respond and think through issues related to…

When God calls us into His service, He often calls us to a specific place. We call it our Jerusalem. How do we best go about reaching and ministering in…

A critical matter in ministering to your community is understanding the local culture and customs. When one pastor from the South began a new ministry in the northern part of…

As I look around my neighborhood, I see a variety of things. I see economically burdened people, physically stricken individuals, broken relationships, hurting children, hatred among friends, destroyed families. But…

Among other requirements for the local church, evangelism, worship, edification, and fellowship are among the main priorities. Each area brings different challenges and blessings as they meld into the whole…

When David and Tricia Johnson moved to Austin, Minn., in January 2006, they discovered a sizable Hispanic population---and were quickly burdened to start a Hispanic ministry. The hindrance: they didn't…

Kevin Bauder has done it again. He's been detailing differences between conservative evangelicals and fundamentalists. It's been an interesting series. In his last article he spoke about differences between fundamentalists and…

G. Jeffrey MacDonald wrote an interesting piece in the New York Times last week concerning clergy and burnout. The article is based on the idea that congregations in America want…

I just received an e-mail from a friend in another city with a link to the Wall Street Journal. My friend wrote, “I read this article today and thought you…

I wanted to pass along this article as an opportunity to remind each us to be praying for our brothers and sisters in Christ who are being persecuted for the cause…

Ed Stetzer has written a good article in Christianity Today on denominations in America and how valuable they are overall. Even though denominations aren't seen as cutting edge or extraordinarily effective,…

In Titus 2 Paul instructs Titus to help the Cretan believers in a wicked culture live in such a way as to beautify the teaching concerning God our Savior in…

Kevin DeYoung has written a helpful article on a definition of social justice. The term "social justice" is used a lot today, with various meanings attached. DeYoung's main point is that we should…

In case you haven't heard, last week Tiger Woods got into a little car accident and a whole lot of trouble. He has been accused of marital infidelity. Much has…

  Dr. Jeff Straub, associate professor in Historical and Systematic Theology at Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Plymouth, Minn., delivered an address May 18 at The Conference on the Church for…

Today the film Collision: Is Christianity Good for the World? is released. Collision documents the public debates and private interactions between atheist Christopher Hitchens and evangelical theologian Douglas Wilson. Dr.…

Although it is two years old, an article by Time magazine on crisis pregnancy centers titled "The Grass-Roots Abortion War" is quite telling. It is telling because although most abortion…

A few years ago, Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton wrote a book titled Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers. In it they detailed their research…

This page contains a link to a transcript of a lengthy but extremely helpful series of lectures John Frame gave on the relationship between Christ and culture. Although I may…

In the first post on this topic, I began to compare and contrast two books that diagnose our current cultural situation and prescribe ways in which the church should engage…

At a recent conference of world leaders, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran called the nation of Israel a "cruel and oppressive racist regime." The leaders of many nations boycotted his…

How should the church address the changing culture? Two diametrically opposed answers to that question can be found by comparing two books: David Wells’ The Courage to Be Protestant: Truth-lovers,…

D. A. Carson in his book Christ and Culture Revisited writes, It is hard to ignore the many injunctions of Scripture to do good, to show mercy, to care for…

Newsweek spotlights what might be the next front in the culture war now that homosexual marriage is well on its way to full legalization: polyamory. Polyamory is the name for…

I am leading our Adult Bible Fellowship group through a study titled "Always Ready to Give an Answer: Addressing Contemporary Cultural and Theological Issues." Recently we studied Biblical principles regarding…

I am thankful for Christian movie reviews---that is, movies reviewed by professing Christians, not necessarily reviews of Christian movies. Before considering whether or not to watch a movie, I always…

 by Scott Greening A frantic morning of getting the family ready for church results in you sliding into your traditional seat toward the back of the auditorium just as the…

by Scott Greening One of the beloved studies of the Bible is the examination of the "one another" passages. We are told to love, not oppress, be at peace with,…

by Scott Greening Who is your church following? Who is following your church? The answers that leap to your mind may reveal your familiarity with the micro-blogging website twitter.com. Twitter…

I was interested to read Terry Mattingly's review of Jon Mark Yeats and Thomas White's book Franchising McChurch. Mattingly states, Today’s megachurches offer members new options. Grandmother may attend a…

“Christianity and Culture.” That’s the heading of this section of The Quest blog, the section over which I have been given some measure of responsibility. I have also been charged…