A very interesting Christian “12 Step” form of recovery program. CR has developed 8 principles that are based on the Beatitudes. They are as follows: CELEBRATE RECOVERY’S EIGHT RECOVERY PRINCIPLES The Road to Recovery Based on the Beatitudes Realize I’m not God; I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and [...]
Archive for the ‘Contemporary Culture’ Category
Celebrate Recovery
November 17, 2010Let’s tell the Truth about Sex – Baby!
September 14, 2010Thoughts about sex outside of marriage: http://www.faithwriters.com/article-details.php?id=16421
Eternal Perspective Ministries
May 28, 2010Randy Alcorn is the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries (EPM), a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching biblical truth and drawing attention to the needy and how to help them. EPM exists to meet the needs of the unreached, unfed, unborn, uneducated, unreconciled and unsupported people around the world. http://www.epm.org/
Jeff Allen Comedy
May 28, 2010Fornmer Atheist from South Side of Chicago now tours the country using comedy as a vehicle to spread the message of christ. http://www.jeffallencomedy.com/
The Christian Post
May 10, 2010Bookmark this site. A good review of contemporary news from a christian perspective. Find the site at: http://www.christianpost.com/
Wired for Intimacy: How Pornography Highjacks the Male Brain
May 7, 2010About the Book Pornography is powerful. Our contemporary culture as been pornified, and it shapes our assumptions about identity, sexuality, the value of women and the nature of relationships. Countless Christian men struggle with the addictive power of porn. But common spiritual approaches of more prayer and accountability groups are often of limited help. In [...]
Yo! Here’s A Rap That You Should Listen To!
May 7, 2010Here’s a great rap that all of us can profit from… http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=WUQYJ77qa50
Exciting New Veritas Website
April 20, 2010The Veritas Forum is excited to announce the launch of a brand new website! Veritas.org is now a dynamic online experience, enabling you to explore life’s hardest questions on the web and in community.Features of the new site include: – Enhanced video streaming of more than 600 recordings of leading thinkers – Speedier downloads of [...]
Christians Influencing Hollywood: Mastermedia International
April 15, 2010We are living in the second or third “media generation”–a time in which media is as ever present as the air we breathe and its influence on the human race virtually immeasurable. Since 1985, our non-profit organization–with offices in Southern California and Manhattan and international affiliates–has been serving leaders of global media in a number [...]
Test Your Knowledge on Race
April 7, 2010How Many of These Questions Can You Answer? 1. List as many African American “firsts” as you can. 2. Describe the history of White Privilege in America. 3. Define colonization and tell how colonization affects various cultures of people. 4. Define the “one drop rule”. 5. Define in 5 sentences or more the term “one [...]
Code of the Streets
April 7, 2010This is an original and worthwhile study that builds an understanding of a culture and set of values that is challenging to comfortable middle class sensibilities. There is an underclass culture out there with different and more immediate priorities, morals and horizons. Elijah Anderson has opened that door and described a model that is certainly [...]
Under the Overpass
April 7, 2010This is an extraordinary book about homelessness and poverty by a young man who left the safety of school and family to experience the life of homelessness and poverty that so many people are facing today. A really good and interesting read. Find the book at: http://www.goodmanson.com/church/under-the-overpass-a-journey-of-faith-on-the-streets-of-america/ A seperate website for updates on this experience [...]
Climategate: Phil Jones’ Revelations and their Impact on the Global Warming Issue
March 8, 2010Forget all you’ve heard about unprecedented global warming; global warming so rapid it can’t be natural but must be anthropogenic; global warming threatening to devastate economies, ecosystems, and perhaps even human civilization itself; global warming on which “the science is settled” and “the debate is over.” Forget it all. Last Saturday (February 13), Dr. Phil [...]
Flourish: An Environmental Group
October 15, 2009Environmentalism from a Biblical Perspective. Go to: http://flourishonline.org/
National Gang Center
October 8, 2009A national means of tracking gang activity: http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Gang-Related-News
Living on the Edge Ministry
May 5, 2009A very insightful ministry about living on the cutting edge of Christian life. Highly recommended. The website can be found at: http://www.livingontheedge.org/lotecommunity/
Living Waters Evangelism Site
March 25, 2009Check out this site dedidcated to reaching the lost for Jesus. Find Living Waters at: http://www.livingwaters.com/
Moody Audio
March 3, 2009This is a great site to find, listen to, and download great conference messages, along with a lot of classic messages from scholars like A. W. Tozer and Francis Schaeffer. Its a real gold mine for apologetics, teaching, ministry, study, exhortation, and practical Christian living. Find it at: http://www.moodyaudio.com/
“Dead Town” Why is it so hard to leave a gang?
February 12, 2009Here’s an article from newsweek magazine that talks about getting out of the gangs. Access it at: http://www.newsweek.com/id/183677 As you know, its not an easy process. Please pray for these kids!
SALVO
February 11, 2009SALVO: A Christian Magazine on Science, Sex, and Society. Find it at: http://www.salvomag.com/index.php Search the “archives” for some thoughtful and interesting articles on, well, Science, Sex, and Society!
Deaf Performing Artists Network
January 27, 2009Here’s a really cool article aboout a kid who started a network for deaf performers. Access it at: http://www.d-pan.com/index.html
Teen Challenge Chicago
January 15, 2009Outreach to street gangs and drug abusers in Chicago. Famous from the books The Cross and the Switchblade and Run, Baby, Run, the stories of David Wilkerson and Nicky Cruz. http://www.teenchallengeil.com/chicago/
Gang Outreach
January 15, 2009A ministry to the Chicago Area Street Gangs http://www.geocities.com/~gangoutreach/tattoo-removal.html
Gangstyle: Gangbangers Investigating Christianity
January 15, 2009An impressive site about gang life with all its trauma, passion, and pain. Stories, testimonies, videos, and poetry. What gang life is about and how to get out. A site for gang members who want to change their lives, get clean, and find peace. A positive alternative through Jesus Christ. http://www.gangstyle.com/gangs_art_and_life.php
The Fish
November 1, 2008The Fish is a University of Chicago magazine exploring issues of faith and reason. A good resource for those who see a conflict between the two. Find old issues and accessible articles at” http://thefish.uchicago.edu/Letter from the Editor Here are the articles from volume 1.2 as an example: ******************************************************* Reflections on a Convention: Looking Through the [...]
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship at the University of Chicago
November 1, 2008A good place to keep track of Christian outreach on the Unversity of Chicago campus with links to other IVCF groups around the country. http://intervarsity1.uchicago.edu/
Christian Film Sites
April 12, 2008Some Christian film sites that you will find interesting and, hopefully, useful: Sermon Spice: A site for energizing sermons and messages with visual illustrations. http://www.sermonspice.com/ Worship House Media: for all sorts of Christian media accesories. http://www.worshiphousemedia.com/ Erwin Brothers Christian Motion Picture Company: Everything from short documentaries [...]
Wingclips
April 7, 2008A page for viewing short clips from a plethora of films, plus a tool that gives you the ability to find films related to any numer of themes (anger adultery, faith, pride, friendship, etc.). A good resource, especially for speakers wanting to find illustrative material. http://www.wingclips.com/
Expelled: No Intelligience Allowed
April 7, 2008This promises to be a very interesting fil. It’s a powerful documentary about academics who have been expelled from the field because they hold view on religion and creation that are divergent from what is now politically correct. It attempts to expose the suppression of real scientific method by science’s anti-theist elite, and unveils [...]
Women Influencing the Nation: The Case Concerning Planned Parenthood
April 5, 2008This is an important website for Christian women (and their spouses) to familiarize themselves with. The current material dealing with charges being brought against the group Planned Parenthood is important for every person, Christian or non-Christian, to read, think about, investigate, and decide on. The link is found at: http://womeninfluencingthenation.com/
