Many of us go to blockbuster sci-fi movies simply to be entertained, for the special effects and the thrill of the ride. We don’t go to think. If thrills and effects are the gold-standard, Avatar is Fort Knox. It’s the ultimate I-Max experience: gorgeously filmed in 3-D, loaded with exciting action, wowing the imagination. Christians […]
51: Everything Must Change
This is the first version of a NewsCWiPP under the new title InsideOut. Our ministry has changed its name to truthxchange. Our website, truthxchange.com, has a new look, new content, including audio and a blog. Now you can all react and interact. InsideOut seeks to examine what is happening on the inside (or underside) of events, […]
40: Geo–Politics, Pagan Spirituality, and the Scandal of Gospel Witness
At truthXchange, we take seriously the notion of a pagan planet and of the need for Christian witness to it. Such witness becomes more difficult as Christians discover the all–encompassing planetary nature of our world. As they say, a butterfly flaps its wings on one side of the globe and a violent storm arises on […]
25: The Global Church
I write this newsletter from Cape Town, South Africa, a most beautiful country with enormous social problems. I have lectured in all kinds of churches here; various types of Baptist churches, some charismatic churches, independent Bible churches, and many different kinds of Anglican churches, some “in communion” with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican […]
03: From Marginal Cult to World Civilization
I write this newsletter from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a teeming, sophisticated city of 3 million, with high–rises, traffic jams, and out–door cafes. It has a Parisian flavor to it. Brazil is surprising me and Christians here are deeply concerned by my message, for they see the new spirituality everywhere. But this is a travelogue with […]
From the Blog
Barbra Streisand: “Don’t Rain on My Parade”
by Dr. Peter Jones | March 16, 2020Barbra Streisand is the top-selling female artist of all time, worth $400 million and second on the all-time popular music charts (ahead of the Beatles and The Rolling Stones), exceeded only by Elvis Presley. She has recently emerged as a secular Jewish opinion-maker, whose message to America is that we are in dire straits. Her fear reminds us […]
The Mind of Christ on the Throne of the Home
by Joshua Gielow | March 16, 2020Dr. Brian Mattson Offers a powerful statement of the normativity of the nuclear heterosexual family as representing God’s intention for the good of humanity and for the glory of his person. God’s image, reflected in the human family, is a clear organic statement both of human dignity and of God’s grace.Today’s non-traditional, non-binary families are built […]