07Aug 2024 by Post

The New Cultural Christianity

Apologetics, Christianity, Culture, FreeThinking Ministries, Gospel, Josh Klein, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, LGBTQ, Nietzsche, Post Christian, Progressive Christianity, Ubermensch
A few months ago I wrote an article on the West’s move towards a post-Christian culture (Post-Christianity: What’s That?). Since the article’s publication at least two prominent atheists decried the fall of Christianity in the West. One claims to have converted to Christianity (Ayaan Hirsi Ali) and the other maintains atheism but embraces “cultural Christianity” (Richard Dawkins).[1] They, along with fellow atheists Bret Weinstein and Tom Holland recognize that the fall of the West will be accomplished with the dismantling of the Church. The New Atheists of twenty years ago assumed that logic, reason, and science would provide the basis for a moral society as it abandoned God and moved into the post-Christian era. Much to their chagrin, however, this has not been the case. Dawkins began to recognize the threat radical…
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08Apr 2024 by Post

Post-Christianity… What’s That?

Apologetics, Bible, Christianity, Culture, FreeThinking Ministries, Hedonism, J.R. Klein, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Pluralism, Post Christian, postmodernism, Progressive Christianity, Syncretism, Theology and Christian Apologetics, utilitarianism, Worldview
There has been a new term floating around the Evangelisphere (if that’s a word, if it’s not, let’s coin it) in the last few years: “post-Christian.” FreeThinking Ministries[i] recently changed some verbiage on the website to indicate that the mission of the ministry is to equip the church to engage with the post-Christian culture. Some might say, “you (FTM) minister to all sorts of people all over the globe. You ought to relate to culture in general” not just the post-Christian parts of culture. Yes, this concern covers both pre- and post-Christian cultures and everything in between. But acknowledging that we live and operate within a largely post-Christian culture is still important if we are to equip the church in the West, and in America more particularly, with relevant strategies for preaching the…
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25Aug 2020 by Post

The Bible and BLM; Life and Death

Black Lives Matter, BLM, BLM Christian, Christianity, Is BLM Biblical, Post Christian
NOTICE: The Following is Religious Expression The Bible and Black Lives Matter; Life and Death By Brace E. Barber August 25, 2020 Everyone should agree with the statement that black lives (including all sexual orientations and alternations) matter. The value of life and God’s longing for each of us to live in eternity with him is what the Bible is all about. God created man in his image,[i] “he crowned them with glory and honor,”[ii] he is patient with us “not wanting anyone to perish,”[iii] and he “gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”[iv] Though everyone should agree that black lives matter, anyone who does so without a belief in God as their creator, has no basis for believing…
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24Aug 2019 by Post

Churches After Christ

Apologetics Speaker, Apologetics Speakers, Post Christian, Post Christian Tipping Point
By Brace E. Barber The Tipping Point is Approaching No one knows when the tipping point will occur, but the beginning of the end certainly looks like this. Christians seem to be happy that the faith is only losing a small percentage of believers every year in the US. There is no real movement to address the reasons people are leaving. At what point does a small percentage turn into 10% lost per year or 30% per year? Fortunately, after your place of worship closes it may have a bright future. Houses Of Worship Find New Life After Congregations Downsize When Lisa and Dan Macheca bought a century-old Methodist church in St. Louis back in 2004, they didn’t think much about the cost of heating the place. Then the first…
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