There is much to offend Christians in postmodern culture, and, needless to say, much offense is taken. In February I gave a workshop on…
Denis Haack
Denis is the author of The Rest of Success: What the World Didn’t Tell You About Having It All and has written articles for such journals as Reformation & Revival Journal, Eternity, Covenant, and World. He holds a Master of Arts in Theological Studies degree from Covenant Seminary in St. Louis.
Babylon Series: Part 2 Living in Exile: A Model for Faithfulness
Discernment / Ordinary Life / The Skill
A story is told of a man from Colorado who came to northern Minnesota one autumn for deer hunting. The Mid-westerners who hosted him…
Babylon Series: Part 3 A Letter to Exiles: Living in Babylon
Discernment / Ordinary Life / The Skill
In 597 B.C., the Babylonian army marched into Jerusalem and carried off thousands of Israelites, forcing them to walk hundreds of miles across the…
Babylon Series: Part 4 Legalism in a Decaying Culture
Discernment / Ordinary Life / The Skill
A few years ago a friend sent me a paper he had written, with a note expressing the hope we would distribute it as…
Babylon Series: Part 5 Where do We Draw the Line?
Discernment / Ordinary Life / The Skill
A Christian friend is in middle management in a large corporation that extends medical insurance benefits to same-sex partners of employees. He mentioned recently…
Babylon Series: Part 6 Singing in Babylon: Can There be Joy in Exile?
Discernment / Ordinary Life / The Skill
Joy was in short supply among the Old Testament people of God when they were swept into exile in Babylon. It was a time…
Babylon Series: Part 7 Finding the True, Noble, and Pure in Babylon
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It’s a good thing the Bible identifies sin as folly, because sometimes it’s almost impossible to keep from laughing. Relativism may be a deadly…
Babylon Series: Part 8 Reacting – When We Aren’t Discerning
Discernment / Ordinary Life / The Skill
Living in a pluralistic culture in a fallen world means that our neighbors, co-workers, and friends do not necessarily share our deepest convictions and…
Babylon Series: Part 9 Christ is Lord in Tolerant Babylon
Discernment / Ordinary Life / The Skill
In a fallen world, the truth of the gospel will in some way or another always be in tension with at least some of…
Babylon Series: Part 10 Listening to Babylonian Stories
Discernment / Ordinary Life / The Skill
The story does what no theorem can quite do. It may not be ‘like real life’ in the superficial sense, but it sets before…