Category Archives: Culture

And while I disagree with him on a range of issues, atheist philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche may have given one of the better unintentional warnings, “if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”

I am disappointed in the lack of response from the church as a whole, myself included. My hope is this would encourage each of us to take seriously the ministry of reconciliation given to all believers.

In its opening weekend, the Pro-Life film, Unplanned, hit theaters and rose to number four in the box office. Ashley Bratcher stars as Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood clinic director who resigned from her job and shifted her ethical position, becoming an Pro-Life activist after she observed an abortion in the procedure room. ThisContinue reading “The Unplanned Triumph”

This past weekend, the latest summer blockbuster Suicide Squad premiered. Full of DC Comics villains and some of the world’s greatest heroes, it took to the big screen to tell a story common for most films of the superhero movie genre, with a slight twist. In Suicide Squad, the villains are the protagonists of the film. NowContinue reading “Society & The Squad”

June 12, 2016. It is now the date of the largest mass shooting in the history of the United States of America. Early Sunday morning, a young man by the name of Omar Mateen entered a local Orlando nightclub, and proceeded to open fire. After an exchange with police, Mateen was dead. But he wasn’tContinue reading “6.12.16”

Today I got the opportunity to get out of town and spend time with friends in God’s creation. While I was climbing Mt. Magazine, a story across the ocean was developing that is leaving the world in shock. In Brussels, Belgium three explosions occurred as part of a coordinated terrorist attack by ISIS. Two ofContinue reading “Considering Creation”

  In 1973, the United States Supreme Court released a decision that has forever changed the life for roughly 50 million individuals. The passing of the court case of Roe v. Wade has allowed for abortion to be legal across the United States of America. As believers, we need to ask ourselves, “How can IContinue reading “The Cost of Life”

The Problem: Materialism. In America today, this could debatably be one of our greatest issues we face. We have become a people obsessed with things, and little desire for a deep relationship with the people we often buy those things for. We’ve traded objects for intimacy. And no holiday better symbolizes this problem than BlackContinue reading “A Greed Observed”