If there’s one thing we can all agree about culture today, it would be how self- centered we’ve become. The whole “self-help” genre is something that didn’t even exist 100 years ago and now it’s a best-selling book genre. We love to think about ourselves and live for ourselves. Life is for us first, and [...]

I can’t remember exactly when, but somewhere in middle school or high school being innocent was no longer a “cool” thing. And not just at school, but also at church. As the buzzword of authenticity became a more popular goal for churches, the value of innocence continued to go down. By the time I entered [...]

In our culture today, movies are the way most people consume the power of story and art, and provide a backdrop to a deeper conversation. There is a movie releasing in theaters in about a month that I think is an absolute must-see (LA and NYC get the first release, slowly released nationwide after that). [...]

No I’m not blogging about politics. One of more controversial doctrines held by many Christians is election, which is essentially that God in his sovereignty would chose some to become his children. It would be fair to say many embrace this belief, while others run far away from it. I’ve been reading The Gospel in [...]

Now and then I come across the negatives aspects social media can have on our culture. Often it gives people who have a bone to pick a voice. Or it gives people who should not open their mouth (keyboard) a voice. Or people say things they shouldn’t say out loud. Or they say things to [...]

You ever notice how many Christians are quick to attack others when it means keeping their ideological opinions “right”? And sadly, with social media I believe this problem has taken a whole new level. It doesn’t take a leadership position to be able to speak into a crowd of people with various opinions anymore, it [...]