Discerning What Is Best with Dr Rex M Rogers

Tattoos, body art, have been around since ancient times, but in the past decade they've gone mainstream in Western culture. While tattoos, in general, were frowned upon when I was kid, no more. Half of millennials report at least one tattoo. Why do people get tattoos? Should they? At least some tattoos I can understand, though most perplex me. Piercings, now that's another matter. For mo...

Unforgiveness may be the number one sin in the Christian Church. In any event, it is a deadly cancer to the soul. Forgiveness liberates, blesses, refreshes, enlivens. Jesus told his disciples to forgive seventy times seven, in other words, without limit. Find more Christian commentary see the website rexrogers.com.

With the US Supreme Court's Murphy decision in 2018, sports wagering went mainstream. It is now everywhere marketed and available. But gambling, in particular sports gambling, not only threatens the social health of those who participate in it, sports wagering can also be a direct hit on the very idea of competitive athletics and fair play.  If athletes, coaches, or referees are influenced by...

More than 360 million Christians live in places around the world where they experience high levels of persecution. That’s more than the population of the United States. Persecution can be considered in at least two ways: persecution of others, personal persecution, and persecution intersects with freedom of religion and belief. I hear someone claim the American Church or Christians are experiencin...

Much of what we now say and do in contemporary culture actually makes no sense. It defies reason and rationality, which is to say, it is irrational, and we celebrate this. We want freedom to act with a moral compass of our own devising, freedom to do what’s right in our own eyes, and we’re chasing after this wind with all we’re worth: abortion, gambling, unfettered debt, immoral sexuality, idea of...

Betrayal is part of life in a sinful world. It comes to us all. And it hurts.  Plus, though hard to admit and consider, we have likely betrayed others.  Most of us likely would agree that betrayal on the face of it is not a good thing, so how should we respond to betrayal in a manner that hopefully heals, but above all, honors the Lord?  It's not easy, not the natural response, but then again...

Healthcare is increasingly expensive, particularly when we require professional medical, health, and insurance support. But there are a number of ways we can assume responsibility, taking steps that preserve or improve our health in ways that cost us very little. Better health, and especially the avoidance of self-induced health problems, is just a choice or two away. Deciding to live healthy is a...

Healthcare is by any measure an expensive proposition, maybe more so when government gets involved. In any event, free or in our example "costfree" healthcare is available to us all, but these initiatives require our personal responsibility, decisiveness, and commitment. This is the first of two podcasts suggesting a list of behaviors available to all of us anywhere, anytime at little or...

Diversity and inclusion, often along with equity, have become tripwires in American culture. But the words mean different things to different groups and much of what activists currently promote is at odds with a biblically Christian worldview. This is even more philosophically and practically threatening to wellbeing when these terms and the associated goals they represent are brought into the Chu...

Littering is one the most common irresponsible acts people commit every day. Cigarette butts are the number one form of litter worldwide. Litter offers no positive side-effects. Littering is damaging, destructive, and dangerous. It violates God's command to human beings made in his image to develop and care for his creation. This command in  Gen. 1:26-28 is sometimes called the Cultural Manda...

The Old Testament patriarch Methuselah lived to be 969 years old, the oldest human being on record. But after that remarkable life, still, Scripture says, "and he died." Everyone, no matter their station in life, eventually dies. Death is indeed a fact of life.     For Christians this is not something to fear, for we will join the Lord in heaven, but it is something for which God expects...

Politics, government and public policy, partisanship and ideology, now dominate our culture. Everything is reduced to a political calculus. But there is more to life than politics. Indeed the greatest challenges and issues we face are spiritual, not political. And the most important circumstances of life involve family and friends, education and employment or calling, not politics.  For more Chris...

Prior to 1930, cremation was virtually unheard of in the U.S., and even as late as 1975 cremation was chosen for body disposal in only 6% of deaths in the U.S. Not anymore. Cremation is now available and regularly practiced in every state, such that by year 2025 the Cremation Association projects 57.27% of American deaths will be administered via cremation.  Yet Christians have historically oppose...

With increased politicization of virtually every topic, with growing hyper-partisanship, with now super-sized ideological positions ranging across Left-Liberal-Moderate-Conservative-Right, and the polarization these trends have caused, it seems now almost impossible to hold a discussion, much less a debate, about any social-political issue. People meltdown quickly into opposing camps that look upo...

False prophets and teachers in the Scripture seemed to be religious leaders, sort of like preachers today. But while some preachers today might indeed be false prophets, for the most part, American culture no longer listens. Today we watch and listen and follow celebrities, online influencers, ideologues and activists, maybe intellectuals/professors, many of whom come to us "in sheep's c...

With the increasing availability of multiple versions of the Bible, and an explosion of choruses, churchgoers now carry a diverse set of Bibles to church, if they carry any at all, and churchgoers in different churches typically reference or memorize verses from different Bible versions and also usually  sing a different set of choruses. The unintended result: the Body of Christ may very well be l...

American universities, the envy of the world, once stood for truth and the pursuit of truth, free inquiry, the best and the betterment of human civilization. Now, many have become woke caricatures of their past, dominated by fear, race and gender consciousness, sexual hedonism, and the latest secular rejection of religious, particularly Christian, morality and ideals. Sex Week, the debasement of V...

The great reformer and theologian Martin Luther lived through the Bubonic Plague, Black Death, and later wrote about how Christians should respond to such a challenge. His Christian worldview is instructive, emphasizing faith not fear, learning and reason, then responsible decision making and actions regarding healthcare, and trust in the Sovereign God.  Check rexmrogers.com for more Christian com...

Episode 1 of Discerning What Is Best with Rex Rogers. "Discerning what is best" drawn from Phil. 1:9-11, i.e., spiritual discernment or Christian critical thinking wherein Christians are charged with applying unchanging biblical principles in a rapidly changing world. Doing this allows Christians to make decisions and live their lives in a manner that honors God, stewards the earth and e...

Trailer introducing new free podcast, Discerning What Is Best with Dr. Rex Rogers, applying unchanging biblical principles in this rapidly changing world. Learn more at rexmrogers.com.