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Cultural Contours Of A Christian Worldview: A Review Of Biblical Critical Theory, Donald Roth

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"Watkin is weaving together Biblical themes in the order that they develop, letting Scripture set the agenda for what will be considered, rather than some other approach."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Biblical Critical Theory from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/cultural-contours-of-a-christian-worldview-a-review-of-biblical-critical-theory/

Discerning Culture With Herman Bavinck, John B. Thompson

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"Bavinck does not intend that we simply adopt and casually integrate secular ideas into our Christian worldview. Instead, every idea must be brought into conformity with Christ."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­Christianity's influence in a hostile world from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/discerning-culture-with-herman-bavinck/

The Evangelical Bubble Needs A Doorway, Justin Bailey

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Reading Igor Stravinsky's Poetics Of Music In Christian Higher Education, John Macinnis, Mark Peters

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This article presents the composer Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) as an historical educator in the context of the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures on Poetry at Harvard University (1939–1940), published as The Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons. As music professors at North American institutions of Christian Higher Education, the authors each read Stravinsky’s Poetics with students in music classes. We describe here our different pedagogical methods and how we employ Stravinsky’s Poetics to form students with Christian approaches to culture-making.

The Power Of The Points: A Review Of Making Faith Magnetic, Justin Bailey

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"Listening to culture means listening patiently and lovingly, always seeking to discern where God is already at work."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Making Faith Magnetic from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-power-of-the-points-a-review-of-making-faith-magnetic/

The Push Of A Button: Replacing Meaningful Interactions, Kevin Timmer

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"Is there a worthy end goal that justifies the use of efficient means, or are we just hurrying for the sake of it?"

Posting about examining our fast-paced lives from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-push-of-a-button-replacing-meaningful-interactions/

Receiving The Kingdom As A Child: A Review Of Unfettered, Marcus Buker

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"In resting, [Smith] felt a call to a holistic tuning to the promptings of the Spirit: fully listening with body, mind, and soul, and allowing a childlike connection with God to grow."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Unfettered from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/receiving-the-kingdom-as-a-child-a-review-of-unfettered/

Snapchat, Anti-Asian Hate, And Meritocracy, Howard Schaap

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The Place For Sacredness: A Review Of Pagans And Christians In The City, Mark Mccarthy

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"Smith uses ideas and examples that would be very familiar to a reader knowledgeable of concepts such as Creation, Fall, Redemption, and the idea that all life is shaped by religious beliefs."

Posting about the book Pagans and Christians in the City from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-place-for-sacredness-a-review-of-pagans-and-christians-in-the-city/?highlight=the%20place%20for%20sacredness

Open Educational Resources For The Kingdom, Mike Janssen

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"OERs can reduce the financial burden for our students and promote Kingdom values in education."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the educational value of open source software from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/open-educational-resources-for-the-kingdom/

New Year, New You? Unpacking The Liturgy Of The New Year's Resolution, Donald Roth

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"Our resolutions reveal what we value yet feel we do not live up to."

Posting about conforming to God's standard from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/new-year-new-you-unpacking-the-liturgy-of-the-new-years-resolution/

Fostering Cultural Inclusivity In Our Church Music, John Macinnis

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"Openness to hearing, engaging, and loving other cultures is not a musical issue; it is a heart issue."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­musical variety in corporate worship from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/fostering-cultural-inclusivity-in-our-church-music/

Why They're Leaving And Why It Matters: Gen Z'S Mass Exodus From Church, Aaron Baart

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"Whether we want to admit it or not, the Church has an image problem. Today’s iteration of the Church isn’t appealing to Gen Z."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­reasons for the decline in church affiliation from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/why-theyre-leaving-and-why-it-matters-gen-zs-mass-exodus-from-church/

The Danger Of Dreaming About The Apocalypse, Donald Roth

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"It remains for us, then, to exegete our own social imaginary, to discern what threads are laid as part of our Christian culture and which are rooted in our national culture."

Posting about social imaginary and references to it in the book How to Survive the Apocalypse from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-danger-of-dreaming-about-the-apocalypse/

"I Am Your Father", Joshua Matthews

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"Star Wars is supposed to be a generic mythological story with archetypes and narrative structures that transcend all cultures, both in space and in time."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the influence of movies on our culture from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/i-am-your-father/

Culture Of Comparison, Justin R. Vander Werff

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"When we find ourselves caught up in the world’s measuring sticks... let’s remember that one sinful human measured against other sinful humans is still just a sinful human."

Posting about our confidence in Christ from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/culture-of-comparison/

Culture As Divine Gift: The Future Of In All Things, David Henreckson

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"We have to be on the lookout for God’s Spirit at work in the world, and then be willing to follow wherever it leads us."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­Christian engagement in culture from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/culture-as-divine-gift-the-future-of-in-all-things/

Consumerism And The Church, Donald Roth

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"Too easily, a church can become focused on what the people want and how the service looks, becoming driven by human, rather than heavenly, desires."

Posting about how consumerism can affect the church­­­­­­­­ from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/consumerism-and-the-church/

What Does Evangelical Mean?, Scott Culpepper

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"To what degree should we abandon terms with solid grounding in scripture to accommodate contemporary cultural perceptions?"

Posting about defining religious labels from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/what-does-evangelical-mean/

What Makes Music Christian?, John Macinnis

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"Music, cultivated as it should be, awakens our senses and our understanding of what is possible in this good world."

Posting about defining Christian music from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/what-makes-music-christian/

Talking To Kids About Race: Against The Grain, Howard Schaap

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"The stories of race are bound up in the story of America and in all of our identities, so directly addressing it with our children is an approach we have no choice but to take."

Posting about teaching children about racial struggles in our society­­­­­­­­ from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/talking-to-kids-about-race-against-the-grain/

Social Principles Of Good Agriculture, Ronald Vos

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"If Christians are to live out their lives before the face of God, where should they look for guiding principles in how to conduct agriculture?"

Posting about ­­­­­­­­transformation in the field of agriculture from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/social-principles-of-good-agriculture/

My Iphone Made Me Do It!, Kevin Timmer

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Your Body Has A Purpose, Nate Wolf

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"How often do we consider using 100% of our bodies in pursuing God’s redemptive call? How often do we succumb to viewing our bodies through culture’s lens of graphically enhanced photos prepared for mass distribution?"

Posting about using the body to glorify God from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/your-body-has-a-purpose/

Creative Consumption, Sara Alsum-Wassenaar

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"Valuing the process of art making and creative consumption helps encourage the mindful development of God’s creation."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­stewardship in the art world from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/creative-consumption/

Grace Of Failure, David J. Mulder

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"Rather than 'averaging' grades on discrete bits of knowledge and facts, teachers could track growth in understanding the big ideas over time."

Posting about new ways to assess student learning from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/the-grace-of-failure/

Christian Views Of The Student, Steve Holtrop

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"Because we are very influenced by the philosophies of our age, we need to critically examine these -isms through a biblical lens."

Posting about a Christian perspective on understanding students from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/christian-views-of-the-student/

Young People And Faith: Encountering God "In All Things", Jason Lief

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"The Word of God must never be used as 'propaganda' or a weapon to be used against 'enemies.'"

Posting about ­­­­­­­­helping young people experience God from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/young-people-and-faith-encountering-god-in-all-things/

Technology At Every Moment, Justin Vander Werff

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"We interact with technology every day, every minute, pretty much every second. And on rare occasions, we may stop to ponder how technology is affecting our lives and relationships."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­how technology affects the way people relate to each other from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/technology-at-every-moment/

Enlightenment Philosophy And Theology, Scott Culpepper

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One of seven articles written by Scott Culpepper for the book Encyclopedia of Christian Education, George Kurian and Mark Lamort, editors. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. 3 volumes (xxxv, 1630 pages). ISBN: 9780810884922.