Culture
What I Learned From the Paris Olympics
Last week I sent our Faith International University students a discipleship email on the importance of curiosity in our lives. Jesus called it the mentality of “asking, seeking, and knocking” (Matthew 7:7) in order to gain wisdom.
When we stop learning, we stop living. When we cease to grow, we really begin to die.
Here’s what I learned recently from watching the Paris Olympics.
Following God Through Tennessee
If you take a road trip vacation this month, you might want to visit Tennessee (though it will be hot). God is on the move there and wants to multiply his work into every county of the nation.
Legislators in the “Volunteer State” have called for a month of fasting and prayer during July. Here’s the exciting story from Dutch Sheets of “Give Him 15.”
One Area The USA Shouldn’t Be Exceptional
As a student and teacher of United States history, I’m thrilled at how God took a “hidden continent” (The New World) three hundred years ago and created a nation/civilization never seen before in history. We call that miracle “American Exceptionalism.”
Our biblical faith, melting pot unity, political institutions, social fraternities, political freedoms, and unparalleled blessings have made the United States of America a model for other nations to follow.
But recently something has happened to our populace and civics that is very concerning.
Here’s one area of U.S. culture that shouldn’t be exceptional.