Since psychology was established as a scientific field in the late 19th century, the Church has increasingly deferred to its authority. Today, about two-thirds of churches offer no lay counselling services, instead referring believers to professional psychotherapists and in many churches and ministries, staff are actively discouraged from counselling unless they have the proper training, degrees, or credentials. But this very recent shift in orthopraxy begs some rather import

Socrates held that the disciplined practice of thoughtful questioning enables the scholar or student to carefully examine beliefs and be able to determine the validity of ideas. Jesus employed a similar Jewish practice of answering questions with questions, which forced people to think, process, and come to their own realization of truth, even if it contradicted beliefs they held just moments before. One of the cherished cultural beliefs of modern Western society is that gett

There has long been a fervent movement in academia which has sought to bring about Marxist ideals in America, starting with the Frankfurt School clear back in the early 1930's. These failed ideologies found footholds in American universities, but were largely rejected by society for a variety of reasons. But in the late 2000's the social conditions provided an opportunity for Marxism to become fashionable again and a few years later, Black Lives Matter began to gain real trac

It's no secret that higher education in America has an extreme liberal bias and has long abandoned teaching students how to think and has...

The time for the big reveal of the brand new ministry focus I've been helping develop is coming soon at generationhero.org. Years in the...

William Strauss and Neil Howe developed the "Generational Theory" which posits that the world goes through generational cycles. They...

Long term YWAMer and missiologist Fred Markert gives a wake up call to Americans as he outlines his research (soon to be published) and...