S. Michael Craven

Christian Post Guest Columnist

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Nov 25, 2010
With Thanksgiving … Despite Other Stuff
On this Thanksgiving Day may we acknowledge the many and abundant blessings of our Father, accompanied by a deep and sorrowful repentance for our individual, corporate, and national sins.
Nov 18, 2010
Secularism and Theological Indifference: A Common Cause
I find there is much confusion about secularism — what it is as well as its impact and origin. For some, secularism asserts the right to be free from religious rule
Nov 15, 2010
Changing Culture: A Study in Cultural Engagement – Part 4
If I am correct — and the history of the church bears this out — then the most effective approach to changing the culture in our day begins by being a faithful presence.
Nov 8, 2010
Political Reflections
It is the power of the church and not government that needs to be unleashed in America and this can begin with the simple and personal proclamation
Nov 8, 2010
Changing Culture: A Study in Cultural Engagement – Part 3
Rather than a grass-roots movement, the abortion culture was the product of a distinct worldview held by a relatively small network of people—cultural elites who possessed the credentials to shape our key culture-forming institutions.
Oct 28, 2010
Changing Culture: A Study in Cultural Engagement – Part 2
This is the problem with trying to moralize society through political coercion: good law follows the cultural and moral consensus; it cannot create it.
Oct 18, 2010
Changing Culture: A Study in Cultural Engagement
Changing from the culture of death to a culture of life. This is really an audacious statement when you think about it
Oct 5, 2010
Stupid Is As Stupid Does
According to the most recent research by the Pew Forum on Public & Religious Life, the church appears to be suffering some measure of the Dunning-Kruger effect — in which our incompetence masks our ability to recognize our incompetence.
Sep 21, 2010
Loving Your Neighbor, Beyond Theory
I think that we easily embrace the love of neighbor in theory but struggle when it comes to actual practice, especially when that \"neighbor\" represents a social, cultural, or political offense.
Sep 15, 2010
Thinking Christianly about Islam, Muslims, and the Ground-Zero Mosque – Conclusion
The love Jesus taught does not insist on its \"rights,\" if exercising those rights causes another to suffer.