Breakpoint

As youth struggle with an unprecedented loss of satisfaction and sense of meaning, God's Word is the best way to draw them closer to the One they're already keen to know.

No matter what day it is, Paul's instructions in Philippians 4 should guide our celebrations. Christians should think on "whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, and commendable."

(This commentary is an updated version of one that first aired on Oct. 31, 2014).

As the intentional handiwork of a Creator, we have a foundation to discover the meaning our culture has lost.

Though we love the idea that God is not "safe," we often live as if our safety or comfort marks the boundaries of our relationship with Him. Many Christians cannot conceive that God's will for our lives could involve anything unpleasant or uncomfortable.

(This Breakpoint is re-published from 11.4.21)

Suggesting we should kill unborn children for economic reasons is an atrocity, but those who link childrearing to economic realities are actually right. Just not in the way they realize.

Science is being made subservient to religious values and immaterial claims because every worldview is a kind of faith. As the epistle of James warns, demons, too, believe, which is why we should all tremble when we consider where this "woke" religion is taking us.

Watching Dahmer won't make every viewer a serial killer, but it won't help us love our neighbors either. As Marshall McLuhan observed, we become what we behold.

Marriage isn't about self-fulfillment, or even about companionship (as important as that is). It's about "fruitfulness," or taking care of the creation, something that required additional image bearers.

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