Category: culture
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The Sword and the Cross — Part 5
The Christian in a World at War There is a temptation, after walking through something like this, to want resolution. Clear lines.Final answers.A place to stand without tension. But if this series has done anything, it should have stripped that illusion away. Because the truth is this: The Christian does not live in a world…
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Neeza Powers: When Authority Is Rejected, Identity Unravels
A Follow-Up on Neeza Powers There is a pattern as old as Eden. It begins not with a public fall, but with a private shift: a quiet refusal to submit to the authority of God’s Word. “Did God actually say…?” — Genesis 3:1 That question—once entertained—does not remain contained. It spreads. It reshapes. It redefines.…
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The Sword and the Cross — Part 4
War in Our Time: Iran and the Judgment of Men There comes a moment in every discussion about war when theory must give way to reality. Not history. Not distant conflicts. But now. And for us, that moment is here. Because we are no longer asking about Rome…or Augustine…or World War II… We are asking…
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The Sword and the Cross — Part 3
When Theory Meets Blood There is a difference between talking about war… …and standing in the aftermath of it. It is one thing to build a framework in the quiet of study—to outline principles, to define categories, to speak of justice in clean, measured language. It is another thing entirely to walk through a field…
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The Sword and the Cross — Part 2
When Is War Just? There is a dangerous instinct in man. When faced with the horror of war, some rush to justify it.Others rush to condemn it entirely. But Scripture will not allow either extreme. Because while Part 1 forced us to wrestle with the reality of war…Part 2 forces us to wrestle with something…
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The Sword and the Cross — Part 1
The Problem of War There is a question that haunts every generation, whether whispered in foxholes or shouted in war rooms: Can a follower of Christ ever take part in war without betraying the Christ he follows? It is not a theoretical question. It is not reserved for philosophers in ivory towers. It is a…
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When Zeal Meets Structure: Neeza Powers, Rome, and the Weight Placed on New Converts
There is something undeniably powerful about a sinner coming home. When you hear the story of someone like Neeza Powers, you don’t lead with critique—you lead with gratitude. A life once marked by confusion, broken identity, and wandering has been interrupted by the living Christ. That matters. That should move us. And it has. By…
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When Prophecy Fell – Part 7: The King Who Rules History
The story we have traced through this series is not merely a story about ancient wars or the collapse of a city. It is the story of prophecy fulfilled. Long before Roman legions surrounded Jerusalem, Jesus had already warned that the city and its temple would fall. Standing on the Mount of Olives, overlooking the…
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When Prophecy Fell – Part 6: Babylon the Great
The Book of Revelation introduces a mysterious and powerful symbol. A city described as Babylon the Great. She appears in dramatic imagery throughout the later chapters of the book—a wealthy and powerful city accused of corruption, violence, and persecution. Her fall is celebrated in heaven. But one question has puzzled readers for centuries. Who is…
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Beyond All Hope: Christ, the Conqueror of Death
There are moments in life when hope seems to slip through our fingers. Not the shallow kind of hope that says, “Maybe things will get better.”But the deeper kind—the kind that anchors the soul. The kind that believes God is near, that He sees, that He will act. And yet, there are seasons when even…
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When Prophecy Fell – Part 5: The War That Changed Everything
By the year AD 66, the tension that had been building in Judea for decades finally exploded. The Jewish people had endured Roman occupation for generations. Roman governors ruled the land. Roman soldiers enforced imperial authority. Roman taxes burdened the population. But resentment had been growing beneath the surface. Nationalist movements were gaining strength. Revolutionary…
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When Prophecy Fell – Part 4: Jesus Already Told Us This Would Happen
Long before the apostle John received the visions recorded in Revelation, Jesus had already warned that something catastrophic was coming. It happened during the final week of His earthly ministry. Jerusalem was crowded with pilgrims preparing for Passover. The temple courts were filled with worshippers. The massive stone structures of the temple complex gleamed in…
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When Prophecy Fell – Part 3: The Beast and the Number 666
Few numbers in history have sparked as much speculation as 666. For generations, Christians have tried to decode it. Some have linked it to world leaders. Others have tied it to technology, barcodes, microchips, or secret conspiracies hidden beneath the surface of modern society. But the first readers of the Book of Revelation would not…
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When Prophecy Fell – Part 2: A World on the Brink
If we want to understand the Book of Revelation, we must step back into the world of the first century. It was a world that felt increasingly unstable. To Christians scattered across the Roman Empire, the future looked uncertain. The empire seemed unstoppable, its legions stretched across continents, and its emperors ruled with a power…
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When Prophecy Fell – Part 1: The Prophecy Everyone Puts in the Future
Few books of the Bible have captured the imagination of Christians quite like the Book of Revelation. It is filled with dragons and beasts, trumpets and bowls, cosmic battles and apocalyptic visions. For generations, believers have tried to decode its symbols, chart its timelines, and match its imagery to events unfolding in the modern world.…
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J. Gresham Machen: A Forgotten Pillar for a Compromising Age
There are names in church history that everybody knows—Luther, Calvin, Spurgeon. And then there are men who stood just as firmly, fought just as faithfully, but somehow get left out of the conversation. J. Gresham Machen is one of those men. And that’s a problem—because the battle he fought is the same one we’re fighting…
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The Only Kingdom That Saves
Why Every Empire Falls—Except One The stones remain. Across the world, the ruins of ancient civilizations still stand as silent witnesses to the passing of time. Pyramids rise above jungle canopies where Aztec priests once stood before roaring crowds. Mayan temples climb toward the sky, their carvings slowly weathered by centuries of rain and wind.…
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The Real Problem with Humanity
Why Every Civilization Eventually Reveals the Same Story The ruins are scattered across the world. Stone pyramids rising from jungle floors. Cities buried beneath desert sands. Temples carved into mountainsides. Walls that once surrounded great empires now standing silent beneath open skies. Every continent holds the remains of civilizations that once believed they were permanent.…
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Inventing the Noble Savage
Why Modern Culture Romanticizes the Past In 1755, a philosopher sat at his desk in Geneva and began writing an essay that would change the way many people viewed human history. His name was Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau believed something that would eventually become one of the most influential ideas in modern thought. According to him,…
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War, Honor, and Survival
Native American Tribes and the Myth of Harmony Long before Europeans crossed the Atlantic, North America was already home to thousands of communities. Forests, rivers, plains, and mountains were filled with tribes who had lived on the land for generations. Each tribe possessed its own language, traditions, and ways of life. Some built permanent villages.…
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The Empire of the Sun
The Inca Civilization and the Power Behind the Glory High in the Andes Mountains, above the clouds and far from the jungles below, the stones still remain. Terraces climb the steep mountainsides like giant staircases carved into the earth. Massive walls of perfectly fitted stone stretch across ridges and valleys. Roads wind through the mountains…
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The Civilization of Blood
The Mayans and the Darkness Behind the Ruins Deep in the jungles of Central America, stone cities rise from the forest floor. Towering pyramids break through the canopy. Massive staircases climb toward temples open to the sky. Stone carvings line the walls—faces of kings, warriors, and gods staring silently into the centuries. For generations, explorers…
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Blood for the Sun
The Aztec Civilization and the Myth of the Noble Savage The drums could be heard across the city. Thousands gathered in the great square beneath the towering pyramid. Merchants closed their stalls. Families pushed toward the steps. Priests moved through the crowd with painted faces and feathered headdresses that shimmered in the sun. At the…
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The Noble Savage Myth
Why Modern Culture Romanticizes Extinct Civilizations There is something deeply fascinating about lost civilizations. Stone temples swallowed by jungle.Ancient cities buried beneath the earth.Languages no one speaks anymore. For many people, these cultures represent a kind of lost innocence—a world before modern corruption. A time when humanity supposedly lived closer to nature, more spiritual, more…
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WHY REFORMED?
A Biblical Examination Throughout this series, we have asked hard questions of other traditions. We have examined Rome.Orthodoxy.Pentecostalism.Presbyterianism.Baptists.Lutherans.Anglicans.Non-denominational churches.Universalism. If Scripture alone governs the Church, then no tradition — including our own — stands above examination. So now we ask: Why Reformed? Not as tribal allegiance.Not as intellectual pride.Not as reaction. But as conviction. 1.…
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