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Your Weekend Worldview Reader

  • January 4, 2019
  • By Dan

Here’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.  …

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Retweet With Those Who Retweet

  • December 31, 2018
  • By Dan

The Bible says to rejoice with those those who rejoice and weep with those who weep (Romans 12:15). As believers, we sometimes do the exact opposite on social media. If there is suspicion about a brother or sister, if a Christian leader makes a decision that some take issue with, if someone misspeaks, we light it up online. And then the apologies or clarifications quietly happen, if they happen at all, in less visible venues.

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The Tale of Twelve Dragons

  • December 25, 2018
  • By Dan

It all started with a bit of fun I used to have with my twins when we lived in Louisville, KY. I told them a dragon lived in the drain in the middle of the “Josephus Bowl.” That year I wrote a little story to share at Christmas time called “The Dragon in the Drain.” This is the seventh year I’ve made a dragon story for the kids as a Christmas gift.

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Honor to Whom Honor is Due

  • December 6, 2018
  • By Dan

Does the passing of President Bush Senior mark the ending of an era? Must politics now be entirely nasty and brutish? Is humility no longer an important characteristic for the oval office?

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Stephen Colbert, Tolkien, & the Pope

  • October 16, 2018
  • By Dan

My context for my existence,” said well-known comedian Stephen Colbert, “is that I am here to know God, love God, serve God, that we might be happy with each other in this world and with Him in the next.” Colbert, who took over David Letterman’s post on the Late Show starting in 2015, is a devout Catholic. In an interview with Huffington Post, he talked about his faith and his desire to meet Pope Francis.

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Christianity & Artistry: Braille from Beautiful Eulogy

  • October 3, 2018
  • By Dan

The following video is from an event with Braille from Beautiful Eulogy hosted by the Center for Biblical Apologetics and Public Christianity at Cedarville University last year. As you can see, the event was at Christmas time. Braille discusses his approach to music and performs a concert.

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Boys to Men

  • August 14, 2018
  • By Dan

It was a weekend I’m sure my twins will never forget. We had the sex talk. They’re going into sixth grade. They’re heading towards puberty at the speed of light. I wanted to give them a bit of a heads up.

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God Spared Isaac. And He’ll Spare You Too.

  • July 26, 2018
  • By Dan

Last night we read the story of Abraham and Isaac in our chaotic family devotions. As is typically the case, we spend as much time settling everyone down as we do reading. But afterwords we had a nice chat about why God spared Isaac and didn’t spare Jesus.

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Brewing To Continue Soon

  • April 28, 2018
  • By Dan

Perhaps you can call it a coffee break given the espresso motif of my blog. Whatever you call it, in order to focus on end of semester projects and a looming deadline for my next book, Theolatte will be closed for a few more weeks. Freshly brewed posts will resume at the end of May. Thanks for understanding!

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I’m a sketching, writing, thinking, coffee drinking, Christian, husband, father, and professor. I lead the Center for Biblical Apologetics & Public Christianity at Cedarville University.

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