Introduction

I’ve always been a collector of “stuff”.

From when I was a kid collecting rocks, marbles, batman cards, you name it, I’ve collected “stuff”. That trait has carried over into my adulthood where I’ll share just one area that I’ve kept the tradition of collecting alive, that being bookmarks on my browser. As with most of us, I enjoy the unlimited access to information on the web and when I come across a article of particular interest I bookmark it. And one of the areas I’ve been particularly interested in is the incredible rate of change taking place in our culture and how that impacts we as believers and the end times.

So as a result I’ve collected quite a few bookmarks of articles addressing the different areas of change in our culture but have gotten a bit lost in the sea of those bookmarked articles which is not a new problem. The problem of organizing “stuff” (and I’m just guessing here) goes back to right after God created man and his trying to keep his stone cutting tools organized in his man cave. So back my challenge, I began a few years ago thinking about how I could better organize that information, or bookmarks, to not only keep track of cultural changes as they relate to we believers, but maybe take it one step further and initiate dialog to how to respond to chose changes.

This is the progression of a prior site I started that had some of the same concepts in mind: Educate believers on the changes taking place around us and think through how that effects our response to those changes in sharing the gospel to others. Without understanding, our reaction can often be one that’s extreme and pushes away, not guides others to Christ.

Andrew Walker from the Gospel Coalition (see post here) summed it up well in our approach to others and avoiding those extremes when responding to rapid cultural changes and the hurting world around us:

“We must not shy away from holding out truth. But equally, if we use truth as a weapon against those coming to grips with what discipleship means, woe to us. Woe to us if we demand conformity from those struggling but are unwilling to walk alongside them as they struggle. Neither love nor truth is an optional bolt-on to our Christianity (Eph. 4:15).

Most of us, depending on our particular character, tend to bend toward love or truth. The struggle is to showcase the one we bend away from. If you or your church tends to listen and love but bend the truth in your attempt to love, the challenge is this: Hold to the truth, even as you love. Remember that loving someone isn’t the same as agreeing with them, and sometimes loving someone requires you to disagree. But for those of us tempted to teach truth without love, the challenge is this: Don’t neglect love. After all, love wins a hearing for the truth.”

The “About the Site” page explains more in detail the mission of the site and how it might be used. It’s all still a work in progress so any and all ideas to make it more effective are welcome.

In Him.

Larry