by Collin Brendemuehl | Aug 11, 2014 | Christianity and Society, Ethics
Mention the term “culture war” and listen for the names that come up. James Dobson. Francis Schaeffer. Jerry Falwell. The “religious right.” All of these names are part of the culture war. We all would like a more stable, civil society. While it is not necessary,...
by Collin Brendemuehl | Mar 12, 2014 | Christianity and Society
Introduction It would be easy to begin with the negative: Sometimes I do wonder about “evangelicals” who never evangelize. I’ve gone there too often. After all, if only 3% of churches grow by intentional evangelism, that is something to criticize. But perhaps...
by Collin Brendemuehl | Feb 27, 2014 | Christianity and Society, Ethics
My life, like the life of everyone else, is filled with contradiction and error. The easy thing is to live the selfish life. But even the selfish life can mean different things. There is the selfish life of the left that tells us to live for today’s pleasure. ...
by Collin Brendemuehl | Jan 31, 2014 | Christianity and Society
Like so many others I am neither Kuyperian nor neo-Kuyperian. I’m dispensational and that leads me to some different conclusions from others about how we address social issues. It affects how we set our priorities and whether we take a defensive or offensive posture...
by Collin Brendemuehl | Jan 31, 2014 | Christianity and Society
Ask any liberal. The last thing we want is to have a theocracy where the church, any church or religion, may enforce its laws on a population that does not worship its deity. We do not want to see the execution of any modern incarnation of Michael Servetus. Nor do...
