Caffeinated Thoughts » Cultural Issues

Collin Brendemuehl answers what deconstruction is and why it should matter to Christians.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2022/04/deconstructing-deconstruction/

Colin Smothers: We may not be biologists, but we do know what a woman is.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2022/04/anthropology-is-the-defining-issue-of-the-21st-century/

Dr. Jane Orient: If we let the experts prevail, will we have a brave new happy transhuman utopia? Or a pile of rubble?

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2022/04/there-is-no-new-normal/

Dr. Arturo Osorio: While it is understandable to keep up with the latest health information, excessive news consumption can lead to stress.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/12/is-your-news-hurting-your-mental-health/

Steve C. Sherman: Forget Kneeling for the Anthem…Stop Flying the Rebel Flag!

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/12/a-sherman-in-the-south-time-to-get-rid-of-the-stars-and-bars/

Shane Vander Hart: We would all be better off if we would spend less time on social media and more time reading literature. I know I would. 

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/10/reading-well-again/

The attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, as well as, the brave actions of the passengers of Flight 93 happened 20 years ago.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/09/remembering-9-11/

John Hendrickson: Calvin Coolidge valued American labor and the spirit of work and his policies led to job creation and economic expansion.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/09/remembering-the-full-dinner-pail-on-labor-day/

Collin Brendemuehl: "It is easy to bait people, especially the reactionary, to get the desired result and advance an agenda."

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/08/the-white-replacement-theory-mess/

Collin Brendemuehl: Afghanistan collapsed as did Wilsonian global governance. Management of other nations by whatever means does not work. That’s not peace.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/08/we-witnessed-two-collapses-in-one-week/

Shane Vander Hart: While doubt is something that many of us go through from time to time, Christians are not meant to remain in that condition.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/08/dealing-with-doubt/

Collin Brendemuehl critiques Christianity and Wokeness by Owen Strachan, Fault Lines by Voddie Baucham, and We Will Not Be Silenced by Erwin Lutzer.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/08/three-books-addressing-the-church-engaging-todays-culture/

Kelvey Vander Hart: American Olympians are humans with dignity and autonomy - they do not exist to serve our country.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/07/american-olympians-are-humans-they-do-not-exist-to-serve-our-country/

Shane Vander Hart: Historically, any significant legislation or court opinion has almost always been preceded by a social movement that moved the needle.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/07/is-politics-downstream-from-culture/

Collin Brendemuehl: "Fake history" is worthy of exploration if to correct bad history. Good history is necessary because bad history exists.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/07/fake-news-begets-fake-history/

Collin Brendemuehl: Everybody thinks systematically including evangelicals.  We interpret everything around us according to our frame of reference, which is certainly more than a mere mental sta...

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/07/systematic-evangelical-mind/

Shane Vander Hart: As a Christian strives to be ruled by God, not rule, that should make a marked difference in how we approach politics and life.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/07/strive-to-be-ruled-not-rule/

Collin Brendemuehl reviews Fault Lines: The Social Justice and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe by Dr. Voddie Baucham.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/06/baucham-shows-pastoral-heart-in-fault-lines/

Shane Vander Hart: The late Chuck Colson offers three pitfalls in the political realm for the Church and individual believers if they are not wary.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/06/pitfalls-of-church-involvement-politics/

Collin Brendemuehl: In the end, your relationship with the Lord remains as intellectually sound as any other type of knowledge.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/06/is-religious-belief-a-legitimate-way-of-knowing/

Victoria Sinclair: We should all consider the power social media giants like Facebook have over our lives and the very content that we as a society discuss.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/06/facebooks-stranglehold-on-todays-public-square/

Kelvey Vander Hart: The next time somebody says you’re a phobic when it comes to a certain issue, whip out the actual definition of phobia and start the needed conversation.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/06/quit-assigning-phobias/

Shane Vander Hart: Michael Green attributed the early church's growth partly to the church’s ability to engage in persuasive apologetics and outthink her critics.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/05/lacking-reason/

Shane Vander Hart: J.P. Moreland in his book Kingdom Triangle explains five shifts in the way our culture thinks that as Christians we need to understand.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/05/five-shifts-that-have-changed-our-thinking/

Brian Myers: The formal and intentional lack of religious identity as a nation that troubled many Christians even when a Christian consensus was still very much present.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/05/christian-citizenship-pluralisms-difficulties/

Brian Myers: Could there not be a formal establishment of religion in the land with the institution of the church as a separate entity?

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/05/christian-citizenship-establishment-of-religion/

Brian Myers: When considering the responsibilities for the Christian in relation to his citizenship, we first need to consider what kind of nation we are in.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/05/christian-citizenship-a-christian-nation/

Colin Smothers: We would do well to stop chasing what's in vogue and recommit to the fundamentals of the faith in the Word of God.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/05/rapid-onset-revolution/

Kelvey Vander Hart: We cannot afford to be subjective on the life issue any longer.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/05/life-issue-isnt-subjective/

Collin Brendemuehl: Politics is temporal and should always be treated as such. Take the offensive with the gospel and the kingdom.

https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2021/05/the-american-cult/