We gave every kid a trophy. Built platforms around the selfie. Created a culture of "Main Character Syndrome."
Result? The most affirmed generation in history is also the most anxious, lonely, and depressed.
More self-focus. More emptiness. There's a reason for that. 👇
“Scientists tell us that the sun is 390 times larger than the moon, but it is also 390 times father away. Every eighteen months or so they align perfectly so that the moon’s shadow passes over the earth, and those in the path of that shadow see a solar eclipse. This is often described as one of the great coincidences of our solar system.
Astronomers also tell us that there are 295 moons in our solar system. And yet ours is the only moon with the exact size and distance to perfectly match the sun and produce the amazing spectacle we see somewhere on our planet every 18 months or so. If our moon was any smaller the sky would not turn dark, and if it was any larger, we would never see that brilliant corona. For many, it is a source of wonder, that the one place where these amazing eclipses occur, is the one place where there are observers to see them.
In one of his humorous harangues about “Life Below the Beltway,” Washington Post contributor, Gene Weingarten, once admitted, “I am a devout atheist but can't explain why the moon is exactly the right size, and gets positioned so precisely between the earth and the sun, that total solar eclipses are perfect. It bothers me.” (The Washington Post, Sunday, March 8, 2009). And so it is that this extraordinary event has been witnessed by our planet throughout history…
As a Christian educator, I am reminded that God reveals His truth to us in two ways: through the general revelation of His natural world and through the special revelation of His written word. Psalm 19 encapsulates this for us beautifully. “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” (Psalm 19:1). There are no words, and yet the message of God’s existence and power is heard everywhere.”
The Total Eclipse of the Sun -- and the Exceptional Nature of our Planet
Stephen E. Danish
Head of School Emeritus
Immanuel Christian School
Jesus warns the church in Thyatira against TOLERANCE. Our culture often confuses love and tolerance. The two couldn't be MORE different. Love seeks the other person's good; tolerance seeks to be thought of as good by other people. Anchor your values in God's Word.
“Research shows that marrying young without ever having lived together with a partner makes for some of the lowest divorce rates.” https://t.co/NU84yy1oJ2
After reading and studying the Bible for 50 years--and weighing all the criticisms of it--I am convinced it is the Word of God, completely true in all it teaches, beautifully cohesive, with the supernatural power to transform us and enable us to commune with God.
Great article for leaders to be forward-thinking in preparing a strategy for engaging a digital culture while distinguishing the Church from it. The Church must be intentional to maintain Gospel truths while engaging relationally in this new meta world. https://t.co/Yt0L79og5I
People will leave a church over politics before they will leave politics for a church.
1.5 hours on Sunday vs. 20 hours a week feeding on cable news and its political partisans ranting, is shaping a lot of people's theology for the worse.
God will not be mocked 🩸✝️🩸🕊️
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Two seemingly contradictory currents mark our society
1. There is a denunciation of all claims of absolute truth
2. Yet there is also a fanaticism in which one position or group is absolutely right, nothing is ambiguous, and divergent views should be destroyed
I am grateful for and wholeheartedly affirm Christian zeal to care for children in the womb through the political process. Let’s match it with Christian zeal to care for women with unwanted pregnancies and to foster and/or adopt vulnerable children in our homes.
Here is my most personal argument for what is at stake in the 2020 election. A message from my heart and mind, seeking to be faithful as a Christian citizen. https://t.co/fwwrwJ3kd1