It is difficult enough to plant a beauti­ful garden in a favorable location with good soil. The difficulties escalate, obvi­ously, in less suitable sites such as a rooftop. So it is not for nothing that the an­cient Hanging Gardens of Babylon are considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Ancient historians attribute these wonderful rooftop gardens to Mesopotamia's famous King Nebuchad­nezzar (604-562 BC) who wanted to please his Persian wife Amytis.

A few short years after Bavinck and Kuyper prophesied the religious struggle that would characterize the twentieth centu­ry, a most remarkable set of lectures was delivered. They are remarkable not because of their content, but because of who deliv­ered them. David Josiah Brewer set out to prove that the United States was, even in 1905, a Christian nation'. Why is that so remarkable? 

In what can best be described as the gift of prophecy operating within the Reformed faith, Herman Bavinck, writing in (of all places!) the Methodist Review of November, 1901, "prophesied":

It is said that today we are deep in a Culture War. But culture is nothing other than religion externalized and made explicit. What we are experiencing today is not a war of cultures, but the for­mal adoption, the outworking of a different religion, a religion that had long ago won the hearts and minds of a people. The real battle — the battle for the soul of Western Civilization, the battle between Christianity and Evolutionary, Egalitar­ian Humanism — was over and won in the 60's. The rest is formality: implementation and clean-up.

Philosophy is inescapable, but what kind of philosophy should we have? This article looks at philosophy and the revelation of God, Christian philosophy, a Christian worldview, and antithesis in philosophy.

The article firstly provides an overview of some of the more obvious postmodernist approaches to education; secondly, it explains these approaches; and thirdly, it suggests ways of dealing with curriculum content that make it possible for us to confront the new worldview in our teaching.

This article deals with education and postmodernism. The article discusses the important role of curriculum content in education, subject areas like English and history, arithmetic and mathematics, science, geography, and so on.

In the late 1970s the French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard issued a booklet entitled The Postmodern Condition. Herein he described postmodernism as ‘incredulity toward metanarratives.” That is a helpful description of the postmodern situation. This article begins by explaining what Lyotard ‘means by the term metanarrative. 

Postmodernists follow modernists in rejecting Christianity, but often they are not nearly as comfortable in a secular society as their modern predecessors were and seek to satisfy their needs for spirituality in non-Christian religions.  

Postmodernism is a worldview. It therefore affects us all. Some authors refer to them as climates of opinion,” and that is an apt description. For worldviews are like a climate in the sense that they have an effect on us whether we like it or not. We can never fully escape their influence.  We can, however, take measures to protect ourselves against inclement weather. 

If work is to retain its meaning, then Christians are the ones who can provide that meaning to work. This article argues that it is Scripture alone that can provide us with a true knowledge of God, of one's own selfhood, and of the great law-structures of God's creation. It is on the basis of accepting the Lordship of Christ in all of life, and man as created in God’s image, that the meaning of work will be redeemed. 

Is there a Christian view of labour, industry and society? This question can only be answered by understanding the Christian view of man and society. This article discusses Christian principles for understanding the Christian view of man and the Christian view of society: sovereignty of God over the whole cosmos and over every aspect of human life, sphere sovereignty, the reality of the creation, fall, and redemption.

Is there a Christian social theory? This article contends that since all of life is religion, secular humanist social theories are rooted in presuppositions that are in turn grounded in faith. It evaluates these social theories by looking at the impact they have on their philosophy of man, society, science, and history.

John Calvin influenced modern culture in many ways. This article looks at ten of those ways: in education, care of the poor, ethics, freedom of the church, government, politics, vocation, economics, music and the press. This is a study on Calvinism and culture.

This article evaluates compares the understanding of Christian theism and panentheism on immanence. It shows that panentheism contradicts the biblical understanding of how God relates to the world by making the world to exist in God.

This article gives eight reasons why people fail to come to Christ. With unbelief leading them all, conversion eludes many.

After showing that in postmodernism and pluralism the church is not meeting a new enemy, this article shows how evangelism from a Reformed perspective can be undertaken based on the Reformed doctrines, keeping God at the centre.

The culture is stuck in adolescence. In its desire for more entertainment, novelty, emotions, and feelings, it has remained a juvenile culture. This article shows how this attitude has also affected the church. In seeking to be attractive to the youth, the church has remained in adolescence. This article maps a way forward to recover from this and be grown-ups.

This article is about coddling and over-protecting our children, and the effects of this on our children and society. 

This article looks at the mystery of the Mayan civilization, and their concept of date and time. 

This article is about the barriers to the preaching of the gospel that result from postmodernism. The author looks at secularism, pluralism, and the loss of truth.

This article is about faith in a pluralistic society. Is pluralism really the answer? Can you really just believe what you want as long as it is useful for your life? What about truth?

This article is about humanism, tolerance, and the position of man before God.

What is pragmatism? This article explores this question, showing how it applies to popular issues of our day such as abortion, marriage and divorce, and church membership.

This article is about how an event like September 11 2001 (9/11) changed a world view. Postmodernism is on its way out, people look at religion differently.

This article is about post-secularism. Religion is acceptable again after post-modernism, but it is a religion where the church cannot talk about truth and heresy anymore. You go to the church of your choice.

Postmodernism is the denial of metanarrative, and deconstructionism is the denial of the definable meaning of words. This article shows that both these things have the same source - unbelief. It is only belief in God that will provide the truth that encompasses all reality.

Postmodernism is characterized by rejection of absolute truth and authority, truth is made subjective. How has this affected us? This article explains the process which led to modernism and postmodernism. It shows how postmodernism has impacted popular culture and how this has impacted the church in communicating the gospel.

The first edition of Reformed Dogmatics, H. Bavinck's masterpiece, was published almost a hundred years ago. After years of intense study, he published the first volume of his Dogmatics in 1895. The final, fourth volume, appeared in 1901. Reformed people who wish to continue in line with Bavinck’s dogmatics will also benefit greatly from the contents.

Should a Christian be a member of a labour union? Answering this question is rooted in understanding the philosophy of labour unions on labour, industry and society. For a labour union, work is an economic matter, a means of satisfying the economic needs of the workers - a view that is influenced by the humanist and pragmatic presuppositions about man's nature and destiny. This is the heart of collective bargaining.

Karl Marx’s views on labour came as a result of his reaction to capitalism. His conviction that the movement of history is determined by the structures of societies, the forces of production, and the relations of production resulted in the concept of class struggle. This article evaluates the theory of labour, theory of industry, and theory of society promoted by communism, and its call to revolution.

Is work a necessary evil? This article examines three periods in history, the eotechnic medieval age, industrial revolution, and the age of automation characterized by mass production and capitalism. It shows how each period defined work in relation to God, the worker and his fellowman, and the nature of work as service. The modern approach to work of being separated from God has rendered work meaningless. How? Let the article explain…

Idolatry leads to intellectual and physical adultery. This is the culture we live in. How did it get to be like that? This article briefly answers that question.

This article shows what happens when utilitarianism is applied to ethics. It only leads to death and absurdity.

The relationship between Christianity and culture can be viewed from three perspectives: Christianity may be subordinate to culture, it can destroy culture, or it can consecrate culture. This article chooses for consecration and it shows what it means.

Looking at postmodernism and its denial of absolute truth and treatment of all religions as equal, this article shows that Christianity opposes postmodernism by holding to the biblical truth.

It has been said that the church is faced with the giants of postmodernism, relativism, hedonism, and consumerism. How can you speak about Christ as Lord in times as ours? This article offers some ways of speaking about Christ as Lord with a sense of understanding the times we live in. Contextualization is not out of the picture if used with caution in missions.

This article shows that Christians are met by persecutions from three groups—Islam, communism, and secular humanism. In such times Christian are called to perceive, petition, and persevere.

With consideration to the impact of secularization in society and the privatization of life, this article shows how the church was before and after Constantine, then draws some lessons for the life of the church in a post-Christian culture.

This article warns against the danger behind the Oprah Winfrey talk show in her promotion of pantheism and the power of positive thinking.

This article is about the new spirituality of our day and the New Age movement, which tend to focus on emotions. Christian spirituality offers so much more!

This article is about a mindset we find today that nothing really matters and there is no truth.

This article is about the Christian being dependent and weak, but safe with Jesus Christ.

This article is about positive thinking, self-esteem, success and the gospel of Jesus Christ.

This article is about war and peace treaties in history.

This article is about the fruits of the French Revolution.

This article is about good and evil in the movies.

How do we cultivate a Christian mind? We have to understand the relationship between worldview and education. This article compares two worldviews: relativism and the biblical worldview. How do they impact education and shaping of the mind? 

How is a Christian to engage with the culture? This article explores the concept of culture, and the kinds of spiritual influences working in culture. The occult and the work of Satan are discussed in this regard. The article stresses that the Christian needs to understand his place in the culture, and lean upon the Lord to remain faithful.

How can Christians take part in bringing cultural change? This article suggests three things that Christians can do to bring cultural transformation rooted in a worldview. 

The principle of sphere sovereignty should encourage Christians to start their trade unions in contrast to the secular trade unions. This will be based in understanding a trade union as a voluntary association morally qualified and founded upon the historical vocational power to elevate labour to an essential and equivalent partner in the process of production.

What should the role and function of the government be in the economy? This articles examines the answer given by the Roman Catholic, the laissez-faire school, and the collectivistic school. It proposes the Reformational concept of business through the application of the principle of sphere sovereignty and the principle of the balance of authority and freedom.

For the most part, the understanding of the relationship between nature and grace is what shapes the Roman Catholic view of labour, industry and society. This article explains the basic principles of Roman Catholic social philosophy, the role of Aquinas and his influence based on his understanding of nature and grace in relation to work, and the Roman Catholic program for social action.

What should Christians think about hypnotism? The article engages this question.

Though we come to know that we will eventually die, we typically do not appreciate this fact until we take a first-person perspective on the matter. This article raises the matter of change and decay, and shows that if there is no God, life is meaningless.

Satan’s attack on the church has been through persecution or undermining Christ’s truth. This article shows how the Jesus Seminar undermines the historicity of Christ and the reliability of the gospels.

Postmodernism says you can construct your own reality, truth, and values. This article shows how such mentality has affected school education, as it undermines reality, understanding of knowledge and values. The article also offers suggestions on how Christians may engage with postmodernism.