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Send us Fan Mail You have probably noticed the word “privilege” being used as a disqualifying modifier. For instance, you may be labeled as having “white privilege” and therefore are not qualified to participate on issues related to ethnicity or that you must give up your “power” by working to elevate others of ethnic minority. Other examples where the “privilege” label is attached is on those who...

Send us Fan Mail “There’s an emerging America where issues like children, religion and patriotism are far less important. And in America, it’s the emerging generation that calls the shots about where the country is headed.”That is a foreboding quote from one of the pollsters who conducted the Wall Street Journal and NBC News poll in late August about the values of Americans across generational lin...

Send us Fan Mail It’s all too common for Christians to hear talk of financial issues and simply tune out. Some would say it’s too earthly minded or too complex to understand or doesn’t have much relevance to the Christian life. Those Christians should think again because finance, economics, trade, business, manufacturing, consumption, debt, and currency are geo-political drivers that greatly impac...

Send us Fan Mail Todd Friel is the long-time host of a popular radio and television program called Wretched.  Based in Atlanta and broadcasting nationwide, the program focuses on evangelism, theology, apologetics, and current events. Todd recently visited Minnesota, the state where he lived for much of his life and where The Christian Worldview Radio Program is based.  Host, David Wheaton, asked T...

Send us Fan Mail Hong Kong is a small peninsula with islands that juts into the South China Sea on the southern coast of China. Its territory covers only about a 20 by 20 mile area. Despite its small size, Hong Kong is one of the “world’s most significant financial centres and commercial ports…world’s tenth-largest exporter, ninth-largest importer…and its legal tender (the Hong Kong dollar) is the...

Send us Fan Mail TCW Short Take #5: What is the lesson in the Joshua Harris story for Christians? by David Wheaton

Send us Fan Mail TCW Short Take #4: Can someone renounce their faith and then come back? by David Wheaton

Send us Fan Mail TCW Short Take #3: Can a Christian lose their faith? by David Wheaton

Send us Fan Mail TCW Short Take #2: How to explain how one goes from Evangelical pastor to LGBTQ supporter? by David Wheaton

Send us Fan Mail TCW Short Take #1: What was your reaction when Josh Harris announced he was getting a divorce... by David Wheaton

Send us Fan Mail Last week we discussed the stunning announcement by Josh Harris—former pastor of a prominent church and popular Christian speaker and author—that he is getting divorced and no longer considers himself a Christian. Since then, he marched in a homosexual “pride” event in Vancouver. We talked about his 1997 bestselling book, I Kissed Dating Good-Bye, which advanced the courtship move...

Send us Fan Mail The oldest of seven children from a prominent evangelical Christian homeschooling family, Josh Harris became the face of the “purity culture” movement after writing the book I Kissed Dating Goodbye in 1997 when he was 22 years old. In the book, Harris advocated for “courtship”—entering into a relationship with the intention of marriage—rather than date-and-break up scenario that o...

Send us Fan Mail If you have ever been in a group Bible study, you have probably heard an attendee say, “What this passage means to me is…”With all due respect, it matters not one whit what the Bible means to any given person but rather what God means in the Bible.  The goal of studying Scripture is to understand God’s intent via the human author whom He inspired to write the text. Hermeneutics is...

Send us Fan Mail TCW Short Take #6: What is the example of Jesus regarding social justice? Length: 3:54 by David Wheaton

Send us Fan Mail TCW Short Take #5: What does it mean to “do justice” from Micah 6:8? by David Wheaton

Send us Fan Mail TCW Short Take #4: Why is abortion rarely mentioned as a social justice issue? by David Wheaton

Send us Fan Mail TCW Short Take #3: Is it biblical justice to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves? by David Wheaton

Send us Fan Mail TCW Short Takes #2: How pervasive is the social justice movement in the evangelical church today? by David Wheaton

Send us Fan Mail TCW Short Take #1: What does social justice mean to Christians who advocate for it? by David Wheaton

Send us Fan Mail “It’s my conviction that much of the rhetoric about this latest issue [social justice] poses a more imminent and dangerous threat to the clarity and centrality of the gospel than any other recent controversy evangelicals have engaged in.”That’s quite a statement from pastor John MacArthur about the hottest topic in the church and mainstream society—social justice. Sadly, a great d...

Send us Fan Mail TCW Short Take #4: How were you saved out of the Prosperity Gospel movement? by David Wheaton

Send us Fan Mail TCW Short Take #3: Does your Uncle Benny really believe what he preaches? by David Wheaton

Send us Fan Mail TCW Short Take #1: The promise of healing with prosperity preachers vs New Testament healings. by David Wheaton

Send us Fan Mail TCW Short Take #2: How is the prosperity movement influencing the Evangelical church? by David Wheaton

Send us Fan Mail The Prosperity Gospel is a false gospel that “God will make you healthy, wealthy, and prosperous if you just have the faith and sow seed” (i.e. give money).You’ve likely seen prosperity leaders like Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, and Joel Osteen on TV preaching about all the good things God has coming your way, with some speaking in “tongues”, performing “healings”,...