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Book Summary: A Practical Guide to Culture: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Today’s World
/in Article, Featured, Thinking Matters /by Chris NorthcottChildren from families who have immigrated are often said to be caught between two cultures. They belong to their parents’ culture but grow up within another. It can be a tricky tension for them to navigate as they often wish to be faithful to their ‘home culture’ as well as fit in with their adopted […]
The Power of Genesis One – Part Two: Humanity
/in Article, Featured, Thinking Matters /by John NorsworthyPart one explained that the message of the first chapter of the Bible is possibly the most influential text the world has known – it introduces a worldview that has significantly shaped the modern world we know. It explained how Genesis 1 is all about a radically new idea, God and His acts of creation. […]
The Power of Genesis One – Part One: The Cosmos
/in Article, Featured, Thinking Matters /by John NorsworthyThe message of the first chapter of the Bible is arguably the most influential text the world has known. It introduces a worldview that has shaped the modern world we know. Without it there would be no modern science and technology, no consciousness of environmental and social responsibility, and no international cooperation for the common […]
How Evolutionary Naturalism Undermines Environmentalism
/in Article, Featured, Thinking Matters /by Xandra CarrollIt was morning, and a silver fog was melting away on the bay below. A fresh, brisk Wellington wind galloped over the mountainside. I was crouched down on the soil with my cohort of volunteers. As we continued planting seedlings, our hearts filled with hope for the degraded forest around us. I paused often to […]
Is Scientism Fundamentally Flawed? Part 3
/2 Comments/in Article /by Mark PowellThe third in a three-part series in which we examine Scientism as a worldview. Perhaps you have encountered statements such as “the only truth we can know is discovered through science” or, “science has proven God doesn’t exist”? These have scientism at their heart. Despite holding influence in today’s culture, scientism is deeply flawed as a worldview.