ow can you force the Gentiles to live as Jews? That’s the pointed question Paul asked Peter (Gal. 2). Peter was flirting with a double standard. He was willing to chow down on some bacon and pork chops when his Jewish brothers weren’t around. But if he caught word that some fellow Jews were dropping in, he would drop out. He wasn’t about…...
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y favorite passage in all of C.S. Lewis's writings is from his book Miracles. In in the chapter "The Grand Miracle" he compares the Incarnation to a missing part of a novel, or a lost section of a symphony. Here Lewis likens Christianity to the sunrise in that it sheds light on the human experience, an analogy he makes even more eloquently in his…...
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appy Thanksgiving Weekend. This will be the last Weekend Worldview Reader until after the first of the year. Have a great Christmas! Pardon the shameless plug: if you're looking for stocking stuffer ideas for your kids you might check out my worldview novellas for younger readers: The Owlings. (more…)...
Read Moreere's your weekend worldview reader with links to articles, essays, reviews, and videos that I consider to be interesting or important from a biblical worldview perspective. Any work that I point to is not an endorsement, but rather an invitation for you to think deeply about your faith and the world around you. (more…)...
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ark Edmundson, University of Virginia professor, asks an important question in the title of his article If Everything is So Amazing, Why's Nobody Happy?  I'm reminded of the tweet heard 'round the world from comedian Jim Carrey in which he said, "I wish everyone could experience being rich and famous so they would see it isn't the answer for anything." Both professor and comedian seem perplexed that we…...
Read Moreere's your weekend worldview reader with links to articles, essays, reviews, and videos that I consider to be interesting or important from a biblical worldview perspective. Any work that I point to is not an endorsement, but rather an invitation for you to think deeply about your faith and the world around you. (more…)...
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ur family tradition on Christmas eve is to read a dragon storybook that I make for our family every year. The first dragon story recounted the history of Southern Seminary with "The Dragon in the Drain." Two years ago the dragon book was an allegorical account of the Reformation. (more…)...
Read Moreere's your weekend worldview reader with links to articles, essays, reviews, and videos that I consider to be interesting or important from a biblical worldview perspective. Any work that I point to is not an endorsement, but rather an invitation for you to think deeply about your faith and the world around you. (more…)...
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