Posts with the category “cultural-trends”

Andrew Walker has a fantastic article out that cuts through the noise on the idea of promoting Christian nationalism. It is very balanced and reminds us that we do want to bring our morality to our po...  Read More

IVF is a very sensitive subject for many because it is a way to address a very painful reality that runs into a God-given and good desire - the desire to have children.More babies are good! But what a...  Read More

This is a Front Porch first, but here is a review of a book. The review actually cuts to the heart of a lot of wrangling that has happened in the wider American church since 2016. What happens when a ...  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

Today's post might not speak to everyone, but I know this is something I had to learn over the past decade and a half as my wife and I worked through and then left behind the prosperity gospel parenti...  Read More

On Tuesday, I wrote and then posted an article about Wesley Huff's appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience. This is a reflection of a discernible shift in some parts of the culture that were previously...  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

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

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