Mike Wittmer

Category: Christian Worldview

  • evangelism and social justice

    The Gospel Coalition is running posts from theologians all week on the question, “How do we work for justice and not undermine evangelism?”  I get to contribute on Thursday, though I may just tweet my Amen to what D. A. Carson has already written.  There is so much gospel wisdom in what he says–may everyone who…

  • miners and mistresses

    What does it say about the state of marriage today when an accidental sampling of Chilean miners turns up so many with mistresses and children on the side?  According to the London Telegraph, at least five wives so far have encountered mistresses who want a stake of the financial windfall coming their lovers’ way.  One…

  • proof of faith

    Here’s another essay that comes with click-through videos, the latest in devotional technology.  The videos are very sad but worth watching, if you haven’t seen them. read > Psalm 14:1-7 Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God”….They eat up my people like bread and wouldn’t think of praying to the LORD (v. 1-4).…

  • Scripture and science

    The next big challenge for the Christian community appears to be how to integrate the recent claims of the human genome project, which published its findings in 2004.  This month’s issue of Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith (published by the American Scientific Affiliation) is devoted to this question, and three of its four essays…

  • hawking vs. God

    Stephen Hawking has a new book called The Grand Design.  An excerpt ran today in The Wall Street Journal under the title, “Why God Did Not Create the Universe.”  Hawking concedes that our universe is finely tuned for our existence, but argues that the sheer number of universes makes it probable that life somewhere would…

  • context

    The cover of this week’s Time magazine is timely:  “Is America Islamophobic?:  What the anti-mosque uproar tells us about how the U.S. regards Muslims.” On p. 24, the cover story explains why some Americans wrongly believe that Islam supports violence:  “Since most terrorist attacks are conducted by Muslims and in the name of their faith, Islam must…

  • everything you knew about marriage is wrong

    Al Mohler has posted an article on the Proposition 8 ruling that will make you want to move to Canada, except that they are even further down the road on this issue than we are.  A couple of quotes from the judge’s ruling are simply astounding: “Religious beliefs that gay and lesbian relationships are sinful or…

  • can three lesbians marry?

    A California judge tonight “refudiated” proposition 8 in California.  There will be much commentary in the news tomorrow, but three initial items struck me as significant. 1.  The judge said that “Proposition 8 harms the state’s interest in equality, because it mandates that men and women be treated differently based only on antiquated and discredited notions…

  • our modern sin

    Koinonia asked me to comment on Anne Rice’s renouncement of her church, and I thought I might post it here in the hopes that my friends might catch any glaring problems before it goes up there! Anne Rice has left the church again.  Raised in “an old fashioned, strict Roman Catholic” home, Anne left the church…

  • fathers

    I’ve spent the last three and a half days at the Acton Institute’s “Acton University” meetings here in GR.  The lectures were provocative and stimulating and convinced me that our economy and society are pretty much sunk.  I’ll say more about that later after I process it all, but since Father’s Day is coming up, I…