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Fine-tuned World

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-16T13:50:10-07:00

by Martin Cicero When talking about evolution versus creation, there is a phrase that makes all the difference in the world: “fine-tuned argument.” This is a phrase that we need to remember. I have read that some of the greatest atheist scientists try not to deal with a fine-tuned argument. So, what is a fine-tuned argument? According to Eric Metaxas of metaxastalk.com, this is a fine-tuned argument: “There are certain things about our universe – and about our planet – that seem to be so extremely perfectly calibrated that they can hardly be coincidental.” Creation Is Fact and Evolution Is the [...]

Fine-tuned WorldLisa Harp Hinds2023-11-16T13:50:10-07:00

Born to Lead

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-16T13:42:32-07:00

by Loren Gjesdal Are you a born leader? Most people will answer that question with a resounding, “No!” It seems that even those we hold up as leaders in the church, don’t consider themselves to be natural leaders. “George Barna conducted a survey of senior pastors from across various denominations. When asked if they believed they had the spiritual gift of leadership, only 6 percent responded yes.”¹ God, however, says all believers are to be leaders. “Christian leadership is Christlike influence.”² Isn’t that exactly what is meant by Paul’s instruction to be ambassadors for Christ? (2 Cor 5:20) How can the [...]

Born to LeadLisa Harp Hinds2023-11-16T13:42:32-07:00

From Modernity to Postmodernity: A Primer for Leaders – Part 4

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-14T16:50:25-07:00

by Amber Mann Riggs Christianity is changing. Not in the core essentials that were affirmed by the apostles. But rather, the way we talk about, communicate, and even view our faith has changed radically in the past few decades. Anyone who spends much time reading serious analysis of 21st century Christianity, culture, and ministry will frequently come across the term “postmodernity”. Indeed, much of our understanding of culture is directly dependent on our ability to understand postmodernity. This series of four articles is designed to provide you with a basic understanding of postmodernity and its significance to the conversation of Christianity [...]

From Modernity to Postmodernity: A Primer for Leaders – Part 4Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-14T16:50:25-07:00

From Modernity to Postmodernity: A Primer for Leaders – Part 3

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-14T17:00:39-07:00

by Amber Mann Riggs “It seems like we are speaking two different languages.” If you have ever thought this, you aren’t alone. As religion columnist Phyllis Tickle observed, approximately every 500 years, Western culture—and the Church in particular—undergoes such a significant change in paradigms that words often develop two sets of meanings. True to the pattern, we are currently in an era of significant transformation.¹ Anyone who spends much time reading serious analysis of 21st century Christianity, culture, and ministry is going to come across the term “postmodernity”. Indeed, much of our understanding of culture is directly dependent on our ability [...]

From Modernity to Postmodernity: A Primer for Leaders – Part 3Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-14T17:00:39-07:00

From Modernity to Postmodernity: A Primer for Leaders – Part 2

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-14T16:36:41-07:00

by Amber Mann Riggs Let’s face it – American culture has undergone radical changes in the past several decades. For Christians, the changes seem to be happening faster than most of us can comprehend. How can we influence a culture to follow Christ when it seems like we are speaking two different languages? Especially when it seems like even within the Church we are encountering the world in very different ways. As 21st century Christians, much of our understanding of culture is directly dependent on our understanding of the term “postmodernity.” Part 1 of this series established that the very word [...]

From Modernity to Postmodernity: A Primer for Leaders – Part 2Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-14T16:36:41-07:00

From Modernity to Postmodernity: A Primer for Leaders – Part 1

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-14T16:20:17-07:00

by Amber Mann Riggs Do you ever glance through a newsfeed and wonder, “how can people think that way?!” It can be tempting to just look away in disgusted anger. And yet, as Christians who are navigating today’s culture in the hope of influencing others to follow our path to Christ, we would be wise to follow Stephen Covey’s famous advice to “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” The Postmodern Key Anyone who spends time reading serious analysis of 21st century Christianity, culture, and ministry will come across the term ‘postmodernity’. And come across it frequently. Indeed, much of our [...]

From Modernity to Postmodernity: A Primer for Leaders – Part 1Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-14T16:20:17-07:00

Word Meanings and Worldviews

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-09T15:43:26-07:00

by Martin Cicero Years ago, I read that if we change the meaning of our words, we end up changing history if we aren’t careful. We tend to use the modern definition of a word, which changes the meaning of what was intended by writers of years ago. Word Meanings Change over the Years As an example, a hundred years ago someone might have written, “God is awful.” Everyone during that time understood that they were talking about a God that was awe-inspiring, amazing, and simply magnificent. Today we would read that sentence and say that the writer doesn’t like God [...]

Word Meanings and WorldviewsLisa Harp Hinds2023-11-09T15:43:26-07:00

Do You Speak the Language?

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-09T15:37:48-07:00

by Loren Gjesdal Imagine that in six months you were committed to depart for an overseas missionary ministry. What are some of the things you would use the next few months to do? I suspect that you would invest considerable time researching the country you were going to be working in. What language is spoken? How much of it could you learn in six months? What is the culture like? What do they value, what are their norms and customs, what is the most common religion, what are its doctrines? I suspect you would use all this information with one overarching [...]

Do You Speak the Language?Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-09T15:37:48-07:00

What’s Really Going on in the United States Right Now?

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-09T15:27:56-07:00

by Israel Steinmetz Visionary Leadership in a Global Crisis These are troubling times. As I’m writing, the World Health Organization is reporting over 16,000,000 global cases of COVID-19 and over 650,000 deaths. The Center for Disease Control reports that 4,000,000 of those cases and nearly 150,000 of those deaths are here in the United States. I know several people who’ve died from COVID-19 and I live in one of the counties where cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are spiking. A financial crisis is on the heals of the health pandemic, with volatile unemployment numbers, financial stimulus from a debt-ridden government, historic economic [...]

What’s Really Going on in the United States Right Now?Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-09T15:27:56-07:00

How to Intentionally Study Your Culture

Lisa Harp Hinds2023-11-09T15:18:58-07:00

by Caitlin Meadows In the previous two Artios Leadership Conversations, Artios College co-directors Israel Steinmetz and Amber Riggs discussed the relevancy of culture in the Christian life. Specifically, the first conversation explored why Christians should care about their surrounding culture. The second conversation followed up with the explanation of why Christians should study their culture. Why should we care about it? Because we are both shaping and shaped by our culture. Why should we study it? So that we can not only be aware of how it is shaping us, but so that we can be intentional in our shaping of [...]

How to Intentionally Study Your CultureLisa Harp Hinds2023-11-09T15:18:58-07:00

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