The Church’s struggle to be perceived as countercultural is directly related to it’s political approach. When the Church uses the tools of the State to enforce Christian their ideals on the broader world, it should be no surprise that the result of this approach is a perception of hypocrisy.
Hypocrisy is not a Christian problem; it’s a human problem. Continue Reading…
Recently, I drove down a street with a Hindu Temple, a Mormon Church and a Methodist Church on the same block. The world has become a melting pot, and religious pluralism is a reality that can no longer be avoided.
So how do Christians learn to speak of their fellow man? Speaking up from another hemisphere, Vinoth Ramachandra provides an essential voice for this discussion.
Ramachandra is a Sri Lankan writer, trained in Nuclear engineering, but focused on ministry in the universities of southeast Asia.. His ministry focuses on helping “Christian students and graduates think and respond as Christians to some of the social, cultural and political challenges they face in their national contexts throughout the world.” Continue Reading…
Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.
Americans love Gatsby. We love the idea of a mystery man from nowhere. We want to believe, like Gatsby, that we can invent a persona to fit into our culture.
Gatsby is a story about the lengths we will go to because of shame. Gatsby’s great secret is that there is no Gatsby. An impoverished teenage boy, ashamed of his upbringing and family, invented the character of Jay Gatsby. He then spent his life lying, cheating and stealing to create Gatsby.
Churches often force people to do the same.
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