The wonderfully counter-cultural message of Toy Story 4

The wonderfully counter-cultural message of Toy Story 4

I admit, the trailers for Toy Story 4 made me apprehensive when I saw them earlier this year. A Hollywood blockbuster about a plastic spork now living life as a child’s toy? It sounded like the perfect set up for a message about the joys of self-identifying as...
One Major Key to Successful Relationships

One Major Key to Successful Relationships

For Valentine’s Day, Breakpoint re-broadcast an excellent Chuck Colson commentary on the history of the celebration and the relationship between romantic love and sacrifice. After  explaining how the day was originally all about men who were killed for their...
A Call to Real Life and True Love

A Call to Real Life and True Love

The Don Johnson Show 2-14-14 Don and Brandon discuss the shallowness of contemporary life and how the “hook-up culture” is missing out, not only on love, but even on sex. Don quotes from Dwight Longenecker’s new book The Romance of...
Five Ways We Try to Deal with the Problem of Longing

Five Ways We Try to Deal with the Problem of Longing

“Underneath everything in your life there is that thing, that empty — forever empty. You know what I’m talking about?” – Louis C.K. to Conan O’Brien Considering that over 5 million people have viewed this interview on YouTube, I think the answer is...
Two Keys for Persevering through Hardship

Two Keys for Persevering through Hardship

In my previous post I talked about how the Christian life will necessarily involve some pain and discomfort. In this article I will discuss two important measures we can take that will help us persevere through that hardship. Although these actions are basically two...
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