Four American Cultural Assumptions Revealed

by Jul 13, 2011Culture, Mission, Preaching2 comments

When we address our culture, we have the benefit of lifelong immersion in it. But alas, that blessing is also a curse, for like fish in water, we cannot see the medium in which we swim. It is hardest to see what is always before our eyes, hardest to remark on values everyone accepts. We are imbedded in a web of assumptions and experiences and inherit biases and blind spots from them. Most Americans assume that freedom is essential to happiness, that innovation is good, that contact with other cultures is beneficial, that water is abundant. Yet such assertions would seem patently false in many cultures.

Dan Doriani, Putting the Truth to Work: The Theory and Practice of Biblical Application (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2001), 35.

Read More 

A Few Quotes from The Genesis of Gender by Abigail Favale

The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory by Abigail Rine Favale My rating: 4 of 5 stars Well written, provocatively helpful—provocative because she was schooled in evangelicalism (which makes her like me) and in feminist theory (which makes her not like me)—and is...

Answering a Question about Political Philosophy

A friend asked me for my thinking—and my reading recommendations—on Christian political philosophy. I was pretty frank and open. I don't hold myself up as a master of the topic. I welcome input from others here. What should I read? What should my friend read? My...

Review: The Power Broker, by Robert Caro

Review: The Power Broker, by Robert Caro

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro My rating: 5 of 5 stars Robert Caro is fascinated by power. He has given his life to exploring how it is gained and kept. And in Robert Moses, the subject of this epic book, power looks like the...

Leave a comment.

2 Comments
  1. Wally Morris

    I couldn’t find a way to contact you on this site. I was wondering about the Logos 4 discount for BJU which you mentioned once in an earlier post. You may email me if you like.

  2. Andrea

    Dear red-headed blogger…have you thought about putting a “share on facebook” button on this blog so we can easily share gems you write/post?? Just a suggestion…I literally have no idea how to do that, or if it is even possible for you. 🙂