Cultivating discernment

Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert cartoon strip, has made a career of lampooning inept business management. Some time ago, he used his creativity in a new medium. Using the alias Ray Mebert, a false wig and mustache, and the permission of the company’s co-founder, he guided a group of computer hardware executives to draft […]

Is it possible to be culturally cool and still effective for Christ?

Phillip Jensen asks Mark Dever the question, “How do you see the culture affecting us negatively?” Most helpful statement: “We can’t fall prey to the lie that we’re going to figure out a way to follow Jesus with there being no cost. We’re not going to figure out a way that people are not going […]

Discerning help

While we may know that we need to cultivate discernment, many of us may not know how to be more discerning. So, here are a couple of resources that I have found beneficial: Tim Challies’ book, The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment is not only a call to discernment, but it is a helpful guide for […]

Sunday Leftovers (10/10/10)

When Paul says “Let no one deceive you with empty words…” (Eph. 5:6), it is not only a warning that there is a world system and an evil ruler of that system and individuals in that system that will attempt to pervert truth and delude others and destroy lives, but it is also a call […]

Entertainment industry, the portrayal of sin, and discernment

From Josh Harris (Not Even a Hint): It doesn’t matter what something is rated, or how popular it is, or how seemingly innocent it appears. If it hardens your heart toward God, if it obscures your awareness of the ugliness of sin and the holiness of God, if it takes the edge off your spiritual […]

A discerning mind

If I go to the grocery store, I can usually distinguish between the ripe, ready-to-eat fruit from the overripe and time-to-throw-it-in-the-garbage-can fruit. Take me to a used car lot, and I have a harder time determining what’s a good ride and what’s a worn-out set of wheels. Set two people in front of me who […]