Cultivating Imagination
I recently re-read George MacDonald’s short essay, “The Fantastic Imagination.” It has me ruminating on cultivating imagination. As a...
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Shawn Young
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Signs of Spiritual Consumerism: Do You Recognize Them?
What shapes you? James K. A. Smith, in his book Desiring the Kingdom, contends: Because our hearts are oriented primarily by desire, by...
Shawn Young
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Engaging Culture Christianly
At Cornerstone we aspire to, “Deeply rooted faith for the 21st century.” If we’re going to approach our aspiration, (among other things)...
Shawn Young
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Becoming vs. Belonging?
As a church we have a growing sense of calling to see God use us to draw people to Himself. We’re earnestly praying and seeking Him in...
Shawn Young
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The Future of Megachurches?
The Aquila Report recently linked an article by Skye Jethani exploring the future of megachurches. Jethani does not write as an adversary...
Shawn Young
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Consequences of Forgetting Natural Law
There have been voices within the Reformed community arguing that there is a rightful place for natural law within a Reformed...
Shawn Young
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How Nice Becomes Insidious
Although Creasy Dean is sympathetic to the motivation to be nice, particularly in a pluralistic context, she rightly concludes it is...
Shawn Young
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Church Analogies That Fall Short
Dr. VanDrunen identifies a couple of popular analogies used to convey the importance of the church. One analogy is that going to church...
Shawn Young
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The Politics of Abortion?
Dr. Brian Lee has written about the church’s involvement in the political debate concerning abortion (HT: the Heidelblog). I said a...
Shawn Young
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Chesterton on Being Born Upside Down
Chesterton was hard on Calvinists. But even for a Calvinist, there is much to like about Chesterton. I can’t give a complete review of...
Shawn Young
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Evolutionary Religion and Chesterton
“Thank God for the New Atheists?”, Dr. Al Mohler spars with Michael Dowd, who recently advocated the rejection of the historical...
Shawn Young
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How We View Death
Carl Trueman, professor at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia, has an interesting post about how we view death. He explores the loss of...
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Ken Myers on the Danger of Cultural Accomodation
Myers’ thesis in this piece is that the goal of Christian maturity is undermined when church leaders become preoccupied by cultural...
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