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The Five Loves—and the Highest of These Is Agape Love CultureLoving Well

The Five Loves—and the Highest of These Is Agape Love

In the article below, Dr. Boa synthesizes material from several teaching sessions from his series Biblical Principles for Marriage and from portions of his spiritual formation text Conformed to His Image (primarily from chapter 18, "Holistic Spirituality"). Dr. Boa focuses on agape love as one of the five forms of loves (based on the different Greek words). After reviewing all forms,…
February 9, 2024
Rewriting the Broken Story of It’s a Wonderful Life CultureLearning WellLiving WellPractical Application

Rewriting the Broken Story of It’s a Wonderful Life

Most of us know about It’s a Wonderful Life because of a clerical error. Not only did the film tank at the box office. Its 28-year copyright protection was not renewed, making it part of the public domain. As a result, television stations began to air the movie for free on a routine basis. Thus It’s a Wonderful Life was…
December 21, 2023
4 Factors in Preparing for Holiday Conflict Man sitting alone thinkingApologeticsCultureLearning Well

4 Factors in Preparing for Holiday Conflict

Unavoidable Conflict The notion that the holidays serve as little more than emblems of family dysfunction is now a cliche, fodder for countless jokes, movies, and television shows. From National Lampoon’s A Christmas Vacation to The Ref, the modern take on the holiday season is decidedly cynical.  These scenarios wouldn’t resonate so deeply if they didn’t have their basis in…
December 18, 2023
Default Paradise CultureFeatured Posts

Default Paradise

W.H. Auden says, “All the judgments, aesthetic or moral, that we pass, however objective we try to make them, are in part a rationalization and in part a corrective discipline of our subjective wishes.” It is therefore incumbent on critics, maintains Auden, to spell out clearly their version of Eden in a spirit of intellectual honesty. Though he’s being somewhat…
May 16, 2023
What Are We to Make of the Revival at Asbury? CultureFeatured Posts

What Are We to Make of the Revival at Asbury?

  A Note of Hesitancy As of this writing, the events unfolding in the auditorium of Asbury’s chapel are getting more and more difficult to explain away. What began as a routine chapel service on Wednesday, February 8th has transformed into a perpetual worship service, drawing crowds from all around the nation, and indeed from around the world. Pictures from…
February 23, 2023