Category Archives: Perseverance

The Church, Tech, Ethics, Jaron Lanier, and the Destruction of the Middle Class

May 20th, 2013

After reading my recent post “‘Free’ and the Destruction of Worth,” reader Brian Auten sent notice of a compelling Salon interview with tech futurist Jaron Lanier—“The Internet Destroyed the Middle Class”—in which the polymath suggests he and other prognosticators underestimated the negative impact the Internet would have on our lives. As a musician, Lanier thought [...]

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Also posted in Benevolence, Christianity in North America, Church Issues, Community, Counterculture, Discernment, Godly Character, In the News, Leadership, Maturity, Obedience, Relevance, Work

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The Cardiovocal Atheist

May 13th, 2013

Vocal atheist returns less than 11,000 results, says Google, but I ran across it at least three times in items I read last week. In contrast, vocal Christian returns 127,000 Google results. Funny thing is, atheism doesn’t start with what is voiced with the mouth. I guess Google, fount of all theological wisdom it might [...]

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Also posted in Apologetics, Christianity in North America, Church Issues, Counterculture, Discernment, Dying to Self, Faith, Godly Character, Maturity, Spiritual Warfare, Supernaturalism

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How Being Rapture-Minded Made the American Church No Earthly Good

May 3rd, 2013

I started to write a clever post today on eschatology, with a setup piece of fiction about a U-Boat sinking a merchant marine ship in WWII and the merchant marine ship’s  first mate running around deck yelling, “I’m going to be rescued now, I’ll get a new ship, and I’ll be made captain!” but I [...]

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