Traditions are wonderful. To be honest, I appreciate and love most any tradition. And the older they are, the better. It boggles my mind to think that some traditions can be passed on unchanged generation after generation. While traditions can be wonderful, and meaningful, some traditions bring more harm than good to their participants. This …
Finding Unity Through Hymnody Language and art have the power to unite and divide societies. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” helped mobilize abolitionists in the North preceding the Civil War. Conversely, the book was detested by most in the South. It divided the two sides of the country not by cold facts and figures, …
American culture is infatuated with instant gratification. Not content to be satisfied with products and technologies previous generations dreamed impossible, we now require those products faster than ever. With a plethora of similar or identical products on the market, businesses promise faster delivery to set themselves apart from the competition. The sandwich chain Jimmy John’s …
The American church is currently at an all-time low regarding biblical literacy. This is true for infants to adults. Our inability to comprehend and digest the biblical text is the root cause of our inability to live like Christ in a corrupt culture. Due to this lack of biblical knowledge, it should come as no …