Video: Changing the Identity Conversation

29 Jan

How can Christians speak into the identity conversation? “It’s from the idea of the image of God that we get concepts like human dignity and human value.” — John Stonestreet, President, The Colson Center for Christian Worldview We have entered a cultural moment in which the consequences of the sexual revolution have fully inundated our thoughts, even to the point of changing the cultural perception of what it means to be human. John Stonestreet shares how… Read More →Video: Changing the Identity Conversation

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From Hopelessness to Hope

01 Dec

Christmas holiday songs can be trite and even silly, but one that has stood the test of time is Frank Sinatra’s rendering of “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”:
I heard the bells on Christmas day,
their old familiar carols play
and wild and sweet their words repeat,
of peace on earth, good will to men.

I thought how as the day had come
the belfries of all Christendom
had roll’d along the unbroken song,
of peace on earth, good will to men.

These verses reflect both a tender reminiscence and an awestruck realization that people all around the earth celebrate the birth of Christ. Just beneath these beautiful lyrics, however, lies a story of a very broken man struggling to hold on to his belief in God and humanity.

Christianity Needs Good Communicators…That Means You!

14 Sep

In a complex and competitive world, people with excellent communication skills have a tremendous advantage over those without them. Most jobs—even so-called “unskilled” positions—require public speaking, and even companies hiring for jobs which focus primarily on technical skills increasingly hire candidates who possess strong communication abilities over those who do not.

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Charlottesville Changed Me

13 Aug

Charlottesville. The events unfolded while I was tucked away in a completely silent room recording the audiobook for The Secret Battle of Ideas about God. During a break, the engineer checked his Twitter account and we soberly reviewed what was happening in Virginia. At first the pictures seemed to depict nothing more than a rowdy group of white twenty-something men, looking like spoiled fraternity boys carrying their Tiki torches to a beach party where they would… Read More →Charlottesville Changed Me

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Sharing Truth Effectively

14 Jul

Recently, Summit Faculty member, Sean McDowell, sat down with Dr. Tim Muelhoff, Professor of Communications at Biola University. They discussed how Christians can effectively communicate their Christian convictions in the culture in which we live. Few topics are as relevant for Christians as this. Read a small excerpt from their time together below. You can read the full interview here. MCDOWELL: What mistakes do Christians make when sharing a biblical perspective? MUEHLHOFF: If no one… Read More →Sharing Truth Effectively

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Research by Barna and Summit: Competing Worldviews Influence Today’s Christians

10 May

Summit Ministries recently partnered with Barna Group in a study to gauge how ideas from other key worldviews have infected Christians’ beliefs about God and the world around us. For over 30 years, Barna has conducted research showing a gap between the beliefs of practicing Christians and the historical understanding of biblical Christianity. This new research sought to identify the source of many nonbiblical ideas infecting Christianity, and found strong agreement among practicing Christians with… Read More →Research by Barna and Summit: Competing Worldviews Influence Today’s Christians

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Top 5 Reasons Most College Students Give Up their Christian Faith

22 Mar

(Adapted from a 2007 article by John Stonestreet and Chuck Edwards) We talk a lot about young people walking away from the church, abandoning their Christian beliefs. The research is scary – studies show that as many as 70% of Christian students leave the church during college. Here are the top five reasons we believe (from talking with hundreds of parents, pastors, and youth workers) most students give up their Christian identity in college. No… Read More →Top 5 Reasons Most College Students Give Up their Christian Faith

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Does God Care About Politics? Should we care?

17 Mar

Saying “God doesn’t care about politics” is a kind of “get out of argument free” card when under withering assault from the secular elite. It is the equivalent of saying, “Yes, I am a Christian, but the one true God doesn’t care about politics, so please don’t judge me by the political viewpoints of my fellow believers.” God cares about politics because He cares about everything. The reality is that God is concerned with His… Read More →Does God Care About Politics? Should we care?

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Women’s Rights: Advanced by a Christian Worldview for 2,000 Years

08 Mar

How Christians Acting on Biblical Beliefs Secured the Basis for Women’s and Children’s Rights By Dr. Jeff Myers, excerpted from Understanding the Culture: A Survey of Social Engagement Christianity has done more for women’s rights than any other movement in history. Christianity sprouted in the seedbed of the Roman Empire, whose soil was nourished with the blood of the innocent. To say that Rome was distinctly anti-woman is an understatement. Families typically kept all their… Read More →Women’s Rights: Advanced by a Christian Worldview for 2,000 Years

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Struggling to Empathize: The Fight to be Fully Human, Pt. 3

Struggling to Empathize: The Fight to be Fully Human (Part 3)

19 Dec

Relationships are on the decline in America. A major study called “Social Isolation in America” revealed that the average number of confidants (those with whom we can share difficult things) has decreased from ~3 in 1985 to ~2 in 2004, and three times as many people (25%) said they had no one with whom to discuss important matters. That’s a massive shift in just over two decades!

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Dr. Jeff Myers: The Story of Telemachus

18 Nov

Dr. Jeff Myers shares the story of Telemachus — a Christian monk whose act of sacrifice fundamentally changed his culture for the better.

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Struggling to Remember: The Fight to be Fully Human, Pt. 2

10 Nov

In our time, three key aspects of our humanity are at risk – concentration, memory, and empathy. This threat to the full expression of our God-designed humanity deserves our attention because, as Hans Rookmaker famously asserted, “Jesus didn’t come to make us Christian; Jesus came to make us fully human.”

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