Posts with the category “cultural-norms”

This is an older article from Kevin DeYoung on how the term "complementarity" better describes the Bible's teaching on the differences between men and women. The term "patriarchy" has never really bee...  Read More

A couple of weeks ago I did a brief post on Andrew Tate and his popularity among younger men (you can find that here: https://www.gwdbaptist.org/blog/2025/01/16/counterfeits-among-the-genuine).Not lon...  Read More

One of the reasons I started The Front Porch was to help our church members (and others who read) be aware of some of the things happening in the culture around us. Different people get their news fro...  Read More

WOW. What a way to kick off 2025.I would encourage every church member to read this as it lays out a wise and biblical case for how our conscience functions and how it relates to the consciences of ot...  Read More

I always enjoy Collin Hansen's theology year in review and I think, from an American perspective, that this list is pretty spot on. The Gen Z revival observation is something that excites me. Do you s...  Read More

This is a lengthy, but excellent article that includes some good cultural analysis (much like the article on ambivalent world). The heart of the article focuses on how the overall recession of commonl...  Read More

I've mentioned (even recently) Aaron Renn's positive, neutral, and negative world grid for analyzing how Christians are perceived in our culture. This is a smart article that notes there has possibly ...  Read More

This an older article by Kevin DeYoung on the roots of Christmas being December 25. The long and short is that we can't be absolutely certain why the celebration ended up that day, but the common trop...  Read More

When I teach US government I spend a long time on the development of the concept of religious liberty, and the events in this essay are a big part of that material.If you love religious liberty, thank...  Read More

I hope this isn't out of place, but rather than an article, I thought I would pass along my very grateful (yet tempered by some realities) heart as I went to bed election night.I'm a political nut. I ...  Read More

This probably won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I found it really interesting as Kevin DeYoung and Carl Trueman (fantastic British accent by the way) discuss the roots and rise of critical theory in...  Read More