I recently watched two films dealing with Alzheimer’s disease and how it affects those diagnosed and their families. While each movie did a good job of showing the challenges and burdens experienced when a family member is afflicted, they also presented worldviews, complete with presuppositions, subtly woven into these personal stories.
In a world where someone is always touting the latest breakthrough in health, education, living, or some other utopian dream, it is tempting to jump on the bandwagon and re-order one’s life to conform to the latest fad or research study. While it is laudable to seek ways to improve one’s life, family, or health, …
Customarily people don’t enjoy being told they did something incorrectly. Common reactions include denying the mistake, pointing out that others do the same thing, or failing to listen at all. Why is it so difficult to be corrected? Correction should be something we seek in order to be more competent at the tasks we are …
In an age when experts abound, many often dismiss as unscientific and unproven positive results from new approaches to problems. They assert that what is being reported is merely anecdotal evidence. They often further assert that, since there are no scientific studies to back up the anecdotal evidence, people need to proceed with extreme caution. …
If you are like me, you have many projects around your home waiting to be dealt with. Whether it is a messy room, a closet that hasn’t been arranged in a decade or so, or a bathroom cabinet with all sorts of outdated content, the thought of someone other than your family getting a look …
Those who embrace the law of God as binding on their lives see God’s laws as blessings; those who do not, see them as hindrances to their autonomy. God’s law acts as a boundary that we move at our peril. By obeying it we are performing our duty before the Lord, (Eccles. 12:13) and we …
There are times you meet people for the first time and the interaction is almost as though you’ve known them for years. Why? Because you share the same worldview and have similar reference points. Many lament that there aren’t more like-minded people who live in their area and feeling all alone often makes them lose …
Recognizing the Kingdom of God and its justice system has everything to do with God’s law. If we do not become expert in the application of God’s commands to every area of life and thought, we can convince ourselves that we are pleasing God when in actuality we are pleasing ourselves. For example, justifying the …
Easter was celebrated a couple of weeks ago, and in many circumstances the familiar greeting, “Happy Easter” was proclaimed. Easter is the celebration of Christ serving as the ultimate and final Passover lamb whose shed blood redeemed His people. How sad that many professing Christians miss the significance of Christ as the Passover lamb because …
Many times women I speak with lament that they don’t have opportunities to share their faith. Those who stay at home with their children especially feel as though they have limited access to unbelievers. But the truth is quite different. First, a woman’s family is a great mission field. Even those born into a believing …
The Kingdom-Driven Family 