Film is a powerful medium. When we see powerful images, real human beings expressing emotion, speaking real words, it can convey a message that is highly impactful. Film can elicit empathy, it can open our minds to new ideas that we would not otherwise consider, and bring new life to otherwise sterile or mathematical concepts
In world history, the nineteenth century serves as the bedrock, the foundation for, so much of the intellectual and ideological landscape that defined much of the twentieth. The concept of the modern nation-state, Darwinian evolution, Marxism/Leninism, Rousseauism, Prussianism, Dispensationalism; the 1800’s set the stage for the implementation and failure, to one degree or another, of
Every subject in the intellectual sphere has its great tropes. Statistics, quotes, even legends and myths that have achieved widespread notoriety throughout the field and have entered into the world of common sense and public knowledge. This sort of knowledge also becomes especially difficult to challenge because it begins to form a sort of foundation
If you’ve ever attended Sunday School in a Protestant setting within the past few decades, or regularly attended Sunday services, you’ve likely sat through a series on the book of Revelation. And, if you’re like me, and experienced this teaching with little to no theological background or previous exposure to end times teaching, you probably
I enjoy dialoguing with followers of the blog on social media and directly, when and if I can. A few weeks ago, I solicited some answers to the question of what might hold libertarians back from considering Christianity and, just as well, what might commonly hold back Christians from considering libertarianism. Among the answers were
There are few more polarizing terms, concepts more emotionally and viscerally motivating than that of “terrorism.” Much like the “Nazi”, “racist”, or “bigot” moniker popular today, or perhaps the “Communist” label during the Cold War, the label of “terrorist” is one that immediately discredits and tends to quickly disqualify an individual or group from any
The creation account found in Genesis 1 of the Christian Bible has been revered and studied, scrutinized and criticized, for millennia. Believers and non-believers alike can often quote its first words: ‘In the beginning, God created’. Its literary rhythm of the days of creation, with their mornings and evenings, and its fantastical account of the
For those of us who have weathered the storm that is K-12 public education or have successfully completed an undergraduate degree, you’ve probably completed a course or two in American and/or world history through the 20th century. And if you are anything like me, your interest in history was not strong during those years and
My wife and I found ourselves in Orlando a few months ago for a leadership conference supporting our home business with doTERRA (Check her out over at www.smallqueendom.com). She had made flight arrangements beforehand and found an awesome deal flying out of a regional airport nearby that had us both arriving and departing with some