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“Reviving the American Dream” | Bruce Ashford’s Summer Reading Recommendation

As summer begins, we want to help you craft the perfect Summer Reading List. We asked Southeastern Seminary […]

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Bruce Ashford: Why I Wrote a Book About Politics from a Christian Perspective

How can you navigate politics and government as a Christian? In what ways should your faith influence your […]

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3 Authors Who Changed My Life

In 1998, at the age of 24, I left the United States for the first time in order […]

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5 Quotes on Faith and Culture from Bruce Ashford’s ‘Every Square Inch’

Culture. How should Christians think about culture, and should we care about it at all? Bruce Ashford answers […]

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Faith and Politics: 5 Quotes from Bruce Ashford’s ‘Letters to an American Christian’

How should Christians think about politics, and should we care about it at all? Bruce Ashford answers these […]

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You Already Contextualize the Gospel. Do You Do It Well?

Have you ever tried to communicate with someone who doesn’t speak your language? It can be frustrating if […]

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7 Guiding Principles for Christians in the Public Square

By Bruce Ashford A core biblical teaching is that all humans are worshipers, either of God or of […]

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Bruce Ashford: Let Christ Shape Your Political Engagement

How should Christians interact with politics? And what political framework should we adopt? These questions are important to consider […]

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3 Authors Who Changed My Life

In 1998, at the age of 24, I left the United States for the first time in order […]

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A Bright Side to the “Dumpster Fire”: Bruce Ashford on the 2016 Election

At the 2016 ERLC National Conference, Southeastern Seminary’s Bruce Ashford — along with Andrew Walker, Travis Wussow, Steven […]

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3 Principles for Living the Christian Mission in Every Sphere of Culture

How can we think and act “Christianly” in the various dimensions of human society and culture? We interact […]

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Casting a Vision for Distinctively Christian Education

Many different proposals have been made about how to build schools and universities that are distinctively Christian. The […]

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What Is Culture? Why You Don’t Want to Get It Wrong

What do we mean when we talk about “culture”? When some people talk about culture, what they really […]

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Bruce Ashford: Theology and Culture

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Against the World, for The Sake of the World

Every culture possesses some inherent goodness. God ordered the world in such a way that people spontaneously make […]

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What International Missions Taught Me about Christianity and Culture

The former Soviet Union is the first place that caused me to grapple with the profoundly cultural nature […]

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Idols, Cronyism & ‘Soft Tyranny’: The Perils of Corrupt Capitalism

Capitalism is a form of economy that values a free market rather than a restricted market. Capitalists believe […]

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The Problems with Marxist Socialism

Have you noticed how often socialism has been in headlines recently? From millions of Americans who are “feeling […]

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3 Ways You Sin with Money

When it comes to money, at least two things are true. On one hand, money can be used […]

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Should We Bring Our Beliefs into the Public Square?

In a recent post, we reviewed the biblical storyline, which gives us the broad contours of God’s design […]

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A Biblical Framework for Understanding Politics

This November, you’ll have the opportunity to vote for your elected leaders. How should your faith inform your […]

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What Should You Do When Scientists and Theologians Disagree?

In a recent post, we discussed that science and theology should be partners, not enemies. Nevertheless, some scientists […]

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Why Science and Theology Should Be Partners, Not Enemies

What’s the relationship between science and theology? Some people believe that science and theology are enemies. Yet in […]

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Are Science and Theology Incompatible? Responses to 4 Common Claims

In a recent post, we discovered that Christianity played a significant role in the rise of modern science […]

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Three Biblical Truths that Caused Modern Science to Flourish

Christians sometimes think that the sciences are somehow at odds with the Christian faith. But modern science actually […]

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Is Art Good or Bad? Four Standards to Help You Decide

As a young believer and a cultural separatist in the 80s and 90s, I was pretty sure that […]

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How to Engage Culture like Dorothy Sayers

Dorothy L. Sayers was an author, a playwright, a translator of Dante, and an occasional theologian in the […]

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How to Engage Culture like Balthasar Hübmaier

Balthasar Hübmaier was a forerunner of contemporary Baptists. He lived in 16th-century Europe and is known for preaching […]

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How to Engage Culture like Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo was an early Christian theologian and philosopher who lived during the later years of the […]

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How to Engage Culture like C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis was a professor at Oxford and Cambridge during the middle of the 20th century. During his […]

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How to Engage Culture like Francis Schaeffer

Francis Schaeffer was the director of a Swiss retreat center, L’Abri, and became well known as a teacher […]

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How to Engage Culture Like Abraham Kuyper

Abraham Kuyper lived in the Netherlands in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He was a pastor, a […]

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Three Simple Ways to Love Your Community

God has called us to serve in a variety of callings — such as family, church and work. […]

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The Surprising Connection Between Creation and Culture

Humans are the culmination of God’s good creation. They are different from God’s other handiwork. Indeed, the first […]

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What Is Culture? Why You Don’t Want to Get It Wrong

What do we mean when we talk about “culture”? When some people talk about culture, what they really […]

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Four Questions to Consider in Developing Your Theology of Culture

Evangelical Christians often talk about engaging the culture, contextualizing the gospel, and speaking prophetically to our culture. However, […]

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Seven Books on Theology & Culture

When it comes to interacting with “culture,” Christians face a choice between several options. One option is to […]

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Bruce Ashford: Why Everything You Learned About Culture From the Age of Five is Wrong

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Three Mentalities for the Church

As American churches face an increasingly hostile and post-Christian culture, we must clearly define who we are and […]

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3 Ways to Pray for the 2024 Election

Elections matter, but elections are not ultimate. Here are 3 ways you can pray.

Nathaniel D. Williams

Finding Hope in a Pagan Public Square (with Stephen Presley)

Today's culture is increasingly like the ancient world. What can we learn from the early church? Is there hope for our political moment?

Christ and Culture Podcast

Lighthearted, Others-Focused, Mission-Oriented: Christ and Southeastern’s Culture

How can we create cultures that love God and neighbor? Let’s look at a positive model for this kind of culture-making: Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Robert Smith

How Should Christians Pray for National Unity?

Christians should certainly pray for national unity. But what kind?

Jonathan Lawler

Is Your Gospel Transcultural and Transformative?

When we cross cultural boundaries to make disciples, we ought to think carefully about which cultural elements actually conflict with the gospel.

Andrew J. Spencer