Top Highlights

• Christians know how the story ends, and that is how we can maintain hope in the midst of a sometimes-hostile culture.
• Many Christians divide the world into sacred and secular, or spiritual and worldly. Everything on the spiritual side is good, and everything on the worldly side is bad. So when they approach culture, their primary concern is to keep from crossing the line from good to bad. . . . Asking “Where do I draw the line?”—called the line approach to culture...
• When we understand the big Story we’re in, we can place our particular circumstances within the time line and structure of how that larger plot is unfolding. And we already know how it ends!
• The Christian big Story is the only true one. The Bible tells the full Story, and it breaks it down into four chapters. 1. Creation: The pinnacle of the Story’s first chapter was the creation of man and woman. God’s plan for the world would be carried out by His image bearers. 2. Fall: Through sin, death entered the Story. In the biblical Story, we...
• Living in America today ensures we must talk about certain things, including topics we’d rather avoid. . . . Not to clarify the cultural issues of our day with the next generation is a dereliction of duty.