“A Complete Unknown”
Reflections on the Bob Dylan Biopic A Complete Unknown is, in many respects, a remarkable film about Bob Dylan’s early career from 1961 to ’65. Based on a 2015 book by Elijah Wald entitled Dylan Goes Electric!, the movie provides good insight into the folk music...
Six Recommended Books for Serious Christians
📄The Areopagus Update – October/November 2024 Discerning the times in which we live… and a faithful Christian response American Crisis: Cultural Marxism and the Culture War – A Christian Response by Jefrey D. Breshears The philosophical and historical...
The 2024 Election: What Is At Stake – And Why Christians Should Care
Many Christians have been led to believe that we should be apolitical so as to eliminate any unnecessary distractions or impediments in our witness to others. After all, they say, what really matters is the Gospel. The implication of their argument…
Ruminations on My Visit to Ebenezer Baptist Church
Over the past fifteen years, my wife Dollie and I have sought to set aside a Sunday or two each year to visit churches that have particular theological, social and cultural influence and significance in American history – either for better or for worse. This past...
Recommended Books of 2023
📄The Areopagus Update – Jan/Feb 2024 Eric Metaxas, Letter To the American Church Nancy Pearcey, The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes Greg Koukl, Street Smarts: Using Questions to Answer Christianity’s Toughest Challenges Neil...
A Commentary on Andy Stanley and North Point Church’s Unconditional Conference
Following the controversial “Unconditional Conference” sponsored by North Point Community Church on September 29-30, 2023, Pastor Andy Stanley commented in his sermon on October 1 on a critical article written by Dr. Albert Mohler, President of Southern Baptist...
Reflections on the “Jesus Revolution” (Lionsgate Films, 2023)
Last night I saw the Jesus Revolution movie with some friends. Unlike so many “Christian” movies that are notoriously simplistic, this one actually has some depth, and I was not disappointed. (If possible, see the movie with friends – especially if you...
Thoughts on Eric Metaxas’ Book and Sermon, “Letter to the American Church”
Why are pastors shrinking from speaking God’s Word in all its truth? A prime reason I’ve heard been given is because they are afraid of turning people off to the Christian faith. To this I would say that it’s not the pastor’s responsibility to change people’s hearts....
A Biblical/Christian View of Race
As I wrote in my book, Critical Race Theory: A Critical Analysis (CentrePointe Publishing, 2021), Critical Race Theory (CRT) is a derivative of Marxist Critical Theory, a comprehensive assault on the spiritual, moral, cultural and institutional foundations and...
The Best/Recommended Books of 2021
📄The Areopagus Update – Jan/Feb 2022 CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS Jefrey D. Breshears, The Case for Christian Apologetics: Defending the Truth of the Christian Faith in a Post-Christian and Skeptical Culture (CentrePointe Publishing) Alisa Childers, Another Gospel? A...
The Birth of Jesus: The Best Historical Evidence
“In the Fullness of Time” In Galatians 4:4 the apostle Paul writes that “In the fullness of time” God sent forth his Son to redeem us so that we might become true [spiritual] children of God. In other words, Jesus appeared at the most propitious time in history — a...
The Pilgrims, Plymouth and Thanksgiving: The Backstory
NOTE: This Thanksgiving – November 25, 2021 – marks the 400th anniversary of the original Thanksgiving feast as celebrated by the “Pilgrims” of Plymouth colony and their Native American neighbors in the autumn of 1621. Although generally a familiar story to many...
Movie Review: “The Most Reluctant Convert”
Thoughts on the New Film About C. S. Lewis’ Journey from Atheism to Christianity This is a movie that all Christians should see, whether or not they have a particular interest in C. S. Lewis. And there’s a fair chance that if they don’t have that interest “going in,”...
The Wages of CRT
To borrow from Romans 6:23 [“The wages of sin is (spiritual) death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”], I contend that the wages of critical race theory is cultural death, but the gift of God is the understanding that all people are created...
A Requiem for Afghanistan
Last week I wrote an essay on our Areopagus Facebook page and website entitled “Don’t Trust Anyone’s Judgement Who Didn’t See This Coming” that began with this warning: Here is a simple lesson in prudential judgment:Don’t trust anyone’s judgement on any political,...
Don’t Trust Anyone’s Judgement Who Didn’t See This Coming
Friends, See the link below related to Megan McCain’s recent criticism of Joe Biden’s Afghanistan policy. Here is a simple lesson in prudential judgment: Do not trust anyone’s judgement on any political, social, cultural, or moral issue of our day who was too...
American Crisis by Dr. Jefrey D. Breshears
📘American Crisis: Cultural Marxism and The Culture War: A Christian Response Centre•Pointe Publishing, 2020 No. of pages: 425 Price: $22.95 Available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DDRM6JQ The Purpose American Crisis is an incisive study and analysis of the origins,...
Critical Race Theory: An Analysis
“The Revolution won’t happen with guns, rather it will happen incrementally, year by year, generation by generation. We will gradually infiltrate their educational institutions and their political offices, transforming them slowly into Marxist entities.” – Max Horkheimer
Do COVID-19 Vaccines Contain Aborted Fetal Cells?
Do COVID-19 Vaccines Contain Aborted Fetal Cells? Michael B. Sabom, M.D. originally posted 01/22/2021 Note: The following information is based on my experience in the medical field (Internal Medicine and Cardiology), my understanding of the best epidemiology research...
The 2020 Election: What Was Really at Stake
In keeping with the old Chinese curse, “May you live in ‘interesting’ times,” this has certainly been an ‘interesting’ year. In fact, it has been in many respects a ‘perfect storm’ marked by an unprecedented degree of domestic chaos, dysfunction and disruption as...
Initial Reflections on the Elections
~PART 1 ~ I know that many Christians are disheartened and apprehensive as a result of yesterday’s election. The final count is still undecided, and we should pray for a fair and honest counting of all legal votes in states such as Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, North...
Two Paths to the Bottom
Orwellian Hardcore and Huxleyan Softcore Tyranny In their book, How Now Shall We Live?, Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey contrast the dystopian predictions of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (1932) with those of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). Both...
Political Priorities, Personalities and Policies
The Most Consequential Election Since 1860 –And the Choice Could Not Be Clearer Those who endured the first presidential “debate” (or more accurately, “brawl”) of 2020 on September 30th witnessed perhaps the most disgusting public debacle in the annals of American...
Democrats and Republicans: What’s the Difference?
Current Political Realities For the first twenty years of my adult life I sought to be as nonpartisan as possible, realizing that neither party is ideal. But the Democratic Party of the last fifty years – since its lurch leftward in 1972 with the nomination of George...
Politics Matters
On Loving One’s Neighbor as Oneself Many Christians have been led to believe that we should be as neutral as possible on the great social and political issues of our time so as to eliminate any unnecessary distractions or impediments in our witness to others. After...
Ruminations on Race, Racism and Riots
[Note: I address these issues in considerably more depth in my forthcoming book, American Crisis: The Historical Origins and the Social and Political Consequences of America’s Culture War… and a Christian Response, due for release in July 2020.] Two Foundational...
The Recent Gospel of John Controversy
“Absence of Evidence is NOT Evidence of Absence” Through an online article in the Daily Beast entitled “Everyone’s Favorite Gospel is a Forgery,” Professor Candida Moss has recently brought attention to an academic paper by Professor Hugo Mendez of UNC-Chapel Hill,...
50 Significant Movies That Every Christian Should Know
In the apostle Paul’s epistle to the church in Philippi, he writes: “Finally,… whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, If anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things.” Paul...