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Growing Backwards

Closed Published by Jonathan Dodson February 11th, 2009 on Creation Project

It was Mark Twain that humorously noted that it would be better if humans were born at the age of 80 and worked backwards. This backwards growth would afford us all the wisdom we would need to navigate the challenges of life. This idea was picked up by the great American author Scott F. Fitzgerald […]

Worldliness

Closed Published by jdodson September 19th, 2008 on Creation Project

I typically stay away from these kinds of titles—Worldliness—judging the book by its title. However, knowing a bit about the author I decided to crack the cover. C. J. Mahaney did not disappoint; in fact, he stirred me to love Christ not “the world.” This book is sure to ruffle some feathers, and you won’t […]

v.Culture - new article

Closed Published by jdodson April 16th, 2008 on Creation Project

Boundless is running my new article today entitled “v. Culture.” The article briefly critiques Christian approaches to culture, followed by six alternative ways to engage culture.

New Article: How Should We Then Work?

Closed Published by jdodson December 6th, 2007 on Creation Project

Boundless is running one of my new articles on a redemptive approach to work entitled “How Should We Then Work?“
An excerpt:

In many respects, work is the engine of civilization. Without work, societies would not perpetuate. Furthermore, if as Schaeffer argues, the rise and decline of civilization is intimately intertwined with the strength and weakness of […]

Christian Theology as Cultural Engagment

Closed Published by jdodson November 30th, 2007 on Creation Project

Reflecting on the emergence of Christian theology in the Early Church and its interaction with the Mediterranean world of ideas, Andrew Walls writes:
Not only were new social situations constantly arising; an intellectual environment that combined the influences of Greek philosophy, Roman law, Eastern mysticism and spirituality, and astral science [sound familiar?] was giving rise to […]

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