Tag Archives: Biblical worldview

Our Christian Duty

Posted on October 7, 2024 by David E Smith

In four weeks from now, Americans will know which candidates will direct the course of our state and nation for the next two to four years. Unfortunately, too many Christians do not understand exactly what is at stake. It is hard to believe, considering everything that has been happening in our state and nation over the past four years.

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America’s Declining Biblical Worldview

Posted on April 10, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

I've often heard the term "worldview" compared to a pair of glasses—your worldview is the lens that sits right in front of your spiritual eyes and affects the way you see everything. If your glasses are scratched, the whole world will look scratched. If your glasses are smudged, the whole world will look smudged. And if your glasses are pink-tinted, the whole world will look pink. And so, the best way to deal with someone who insists the world is pink is not to endlessly debate back and forth about any particular object whose color you disagree about, but rather to change out their glasses for a pair that lets them see the world as it really is.

Posted in Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, next gen | Tagged America's Declining Biblical Worldview, American values, Arizona Christian University, Biblical worldview, Cultural Research Center, Dr. George Barna, National Opinion Research Center, NORC, University of Chicago, Wall Street Journal, Worldview | Comments Off

When Humans Don’t Procreate: An Update

Posted on January 8, 2022 by David E Smith

Two years ago, I wrote about the pending global population implosion. Demographers predict that 90 countries will lose population between now and the year 2100. Shrinking populations have portentous implications, including major shifts in geopolitical power and the possible financial collapse of welfare states.

Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Biblical worldview, birth dearth, Environmentalism, fertility rates, Foundation for Economic Education, John B. Calhoun, Paul Ehrlich, Population Bomb, population growth, sterilization, Suzy Weiss, The New York Post, Zero Population Growth | Comments Off

Be Fruitful and Multiply

Posted on May 25, 2019 by David E Smith

Embracing the blessings of children in a culture that doesn’t

It was reported recently that the number of births in the U.S. fell in 2018 for the fourth consecutive year, marking the lowest number of births in more than three decades. The fertility rate also hit a record low of 1.7 births per woman, which means, as a nation, we’re not even on track to replace our current population. (If it weren’t for immigration, the population would already be declining.)

Some experts were surprised at the decline. Traditional wisdom suggests that the number of babies decreases during times of economic …

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