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THE KIDS AREN’T ALRIGHT

I watched a debate recently about how Christians should educate their kids. After that, I saw a TikTok trend where kids make light of their need for psychiatric treatment, that suicide is now the second leading cause of death in young people, and that young folks are more medicated than ever. All of this got me thinking about how we pull our kids from the fire that is this culture. I have some ideas.

ARE YOU SIMMERING WITH ANGER?

Pastor Matt Chandler recently shared some disturbing information on how much social media companies are motivated to make us angry. Let’s spit ourselves out of the rage machine.

IS AMERICA EXCEPTIONAL?

A recent Twitter back-and-forth got me thinking about this term. What about America is normal and what is exceptional?

THE GOSPEL IN NUMBERS

The Book of Numbers offers astounding wisdom for us today. Let me tell you about it.

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STRINGING TOGETHER THOUGHTS

I have recently been ruminating on these three topics: 1) How the Kingdom of God gets from 2 billion people to 7 billion; 2) Not letting politics affect our emotions as presidential season kicks up; 3) choosing the “white pill” (hope) over the red pill (conspiracy thinking) or blue pill (sleepwalking through life).

I think I bring those together into something useful in the first segment.

HOW JESUS’S TRIAL ILLUSTRATES US

At Jesus’s trial before Pilate, Pilate knows what is right, but fears the crowd’s disapproval. So, he does what he knows is wrong to gain their approval. The crowds calling for crucifixion were manipulated into rage. I fear BOTH of those characters reflect us today, and I want to help end that.

THE BIBLE AND THE OHIO TRAIN DERAILMENT

Should there have been more regulation on the train company? What should the consequence be for this train company? I think a Biblically-informed legal framework offers us a lot on this topic.

NATIONAL DIVORCE

A crazy member of Congress brought up having a national divorce. Many of us have talked about this concept for years, and I have some additional thoughts on it.

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EVEN THE BIBLE’S “WEIRD LAWS” ARE GOOD

There’s laws about not boiling a baby goat in its mothers milk and about covering up holes you dig in ground. How are these laws to love and apply to today? Let’s talk about it.

ARE WE ROBBING THE POOR AND MIDDLE CLASS FROM POTENTIAL WEALTH?

Giant corporations and banks are buying houses in bulk in major American markets. This is making it almost impossible for young people and middle income people from buying a home. Buying property is THE primary way Americans have built wealth for centuries.

Is there a Biblical argument for BANNING these corporations and banks from buying these houses to see to it that regular Americans aren’t left behind?

REVIVAL AT ASBURY UNIVERSITY?

There are reports of a revival breaking out at a Christian university in Kentucky. That definition seems to be a spontaneous continual worship service. I notice that the times of renewal and revival in the Bible are marked by the Bible being preached, a lot of prayer, and a lot of repentance. What's happening at Asbury an be GOOD, but we also need to know the signs of true revival.

REVISITING THE "HE GETS US' ADS

It ended up that the Left and the Right have criticisms of these ads. I have a little nuance I want to add, and then a question to ask.

Cody is the excellent host of Westminster Doxology Podcast. We're both wrestling with a question inside western evangelicalism lately. That question regards the Christian's role in culture and government -- and a lot more. 

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PRIORITIES ON CULTURAL ROT

I saw a lot of folks [rightfully] criticizing the satanic display at the Grammy’s. However, I want to be sure we critique rot INSIDE the church as much ferocity and volume. I’ll give two examples.

EVIL IS BORING

Besides the Grammy’s having an immoral performance, they also displayed on grey and boring evil is. Virtue and truth are exciting. Displaying the same old, tired, no-longer-shocking stunts that share values with the entire power structure of our institutions is just boring. Artists used to be subservice and challenging to the powers that be; now they’re shills.

QUICK STORIES

-A judge embarrassed herself at her confirmation hearing. Her ignorance is instructive to us to being people always learning.

-A Texas school asked a mom who works in porn not to volunteer at events. This conflict tells us the consequences of losing any sense of shame.

-A recent debate made me rethink some healthcare thoughts.

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BEAUTY, TRUTH, AND THIS UGLY WORLD

A petition is circulating, calling on dictionaries, and us, to “undefine beauty” – no redefine it. This is a really good opportunity to explore how we think about beauty. Ultimately, beauty is that which corresponds to truth. Evil is ugly. Goodness is beautiful. I want to talk about that in depth.

The world longs for beauty, but doesn’t know where to find it. Let’s be people that live beautiful lives – drawing people far from God to his ultimate beauty.

BIBLE KNOWLEDGE THAT’S MIND-BLOWING

The Ten Plagues in Exodus are WAY more interesting than you realize. Let me tell you that story.

Additionally, we learn in the story of the Exodus that God FIRST rescues, supplies, and protects and THEN gives the law. If our God has already been that gracious to us, can’t we assume His law is lifegiving and good?