Summer Seminar 2024 Resource Center

Summer Seminar Schedule 2024:

July 7th – Session 1: Making Sense of Worldviews (Download Handout)

July 14th – Session 2: Understanding Culture (Download Handout)

July 21st – Session 3: Culture in Crisis – Current Flashpoints (Download Handout)

July 28th – Session 4: Christ Over Politics and Culture (Download Handout)

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July 7th – Session 1: Making Sense of Worldviews (slides)

July 14th – Session 2: Understanding Culture (slides)

July 21st – Session 3: Culture in Crisis (slides)

July 28th – Session 4: Christ Over Politics and Culture (slides)

Lance Cashion’s Blog: Revolution of Man
Lance is a writer and podcaster on worldview and culture topics through revolutionofman.org. On Substack, he writes about prayer and deeper theological reflections. He speaks and teaches on a wide range of topics from culture, worldview, public theology, and apologetics to human trafficking, pro-life issues, and biblical leadership. Revolution of Man equips Christians to think well and live boldly today for the generations of tomorrow. Subscribe here…

Essay: Invitation to the Pain of Learning by Mortimer J. Adler
Excerpt: “Whoever passes by what is over his head condemns his head to its present low altitude; for nothing can elevate a mind except what is over its head; and that elevation is not accomplished by capillary attraction, but only by the hard work of climbing up the ropes, with sore hands and aching muscles…I say that this is the only adult education that is genuinely educative simply because it is the only kind that requires activity, makes no pretense about avoiding pain and work, and is always working with materials well over everybody’s head.”

Essay: Our Civilisational Moment by Os Guinness
Excerpt: “It is plain that the West has lost faith and confidence in itself. It no longer knows how to tell its own story, and it is gambling the civilization on which it rests. The present moment is moving towards a decisive phase of the showdown. Too many people are in denial and too few realise the gravity of the stakes.”

Article: Recovering the Gospel of the Kingdom by Michael S. Craven
Excerpt: The gospel is the fact that in Christ, the reign of God is at hand and is now breaking into the world. His kingdom, which has come, continues to come forth and will be fully consummated on the day of Christ’s return. This is the good news, which offers both a present and future hope that touches all of God’s creation! In addition, this kingdom gospel expands the mission and purpose of the church…

Article: The Gospel as Public Truth by Lesslie Newbigin
Excerpt: The Gospel is an account of things that have happened. It is not a proposition in metaphysics or a program for ethics and politics, though it has implications in both these spheres. It is narrated history, and (like all narrated history) it is told with a belief about its meaning. This belief is that the story tells what God has done for the redemption of all creation and its reconciliation to the source of all being…. We may confidently expect and pray for new understandings of the scope of God’s purpose for our society and new energy for doing our part in it.

Post: Redemptive Church and Why Public Theology
Excerpt: Christianity is not a private religion. Christianity is a public truth! But, ambassadors must be taught and sent. Abraham Kuyper has said, “There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!”

Article: The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism by Aaron Renn
Excerpt: Where once there was a culture war between Christianity and secular society, today there is a culture war within evangelicalism itself. These divisions do not only represent theological differences. They also result from particular strategies of public engagement that developed over the last few decades, as the standing of Christianity has gradually eroded. Within the story of American secularization, there have been three distinct stages…

Lance Cashion’s Substack: Swimming in the Light
Swimming in the Light explores deeper reflections from scripture, prayer, and personal devotions. My intent is to recover the fullness of the Christian vision by helping you learn to be a light in a dark world. In a world where so many are drowning in darkness, Swim in the Light.

• A Practical Guide to Culture by John Stonestreet and Brett Knukle

• Holy Sexuality and the Gospel by Dr. Christopher Yuan

• Another Gospel by Alisa Childers

• Faultlines by Voddie Bauchum

• Letter to the American Church by Eric Metaxas

• The Fourth Turning (What Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendevous with Destiny) by William Strauss and Neil Howe

• The Call by Os Guinness

• A Christian Manifesto by Francis Schaeffer

• Live Not By Lies (A Manual for Christian Dissidents) by Rod Dreher

• Strange New World (How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identitiy and Sparked the Sexual Revolution) by Carl Trueman

• Prayer by Ole Hallesby

• Thinking Through Creation (Genesis 1 and 2 as Tools of Cultural Critique) by Christopher Watkin

• Slaying Leviathan (Limited Government and Resistance in the Christian Tradition) by Glenn Sunshine

• Political Sermons of the American Founding Era, 1730-1805, Edited by Ellis Sandoz

• The Pulpit Of The Revolution Or, The Political Sermons Of The Period Of 1776 by John Wingate Thornton.

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Live Webinar and Q&A with Michael Craven 03/4/2024
Topic: Why the Church Abandoned the Culture 
The Christian faith has gone from being a public truth to a private experience.
The role of the Church in the broader culture has waned over the past 100 years. As faith has receded from society, dark ideologies have set up residence in the cultural domains vacated by Christians. Little wonder our families, communities, institutions, and even churches are in decay. What would our churches, families, communities, and nation look like when Christians invade all of culture with the truth and light of Jesus Christ? Lance Cashion is joined by special guest, Michael Craven, Vice President of Equipping & Mobilization at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview.

Live Interview with Dr. Os Guinness 08/08/2022
We discuss topics ranging from Os Guinness’s upbringing in China during the Chinese Revolution, to current events in America, to privatization and secularization in the church, and a recovery of calling to serve God’s purposes in our generation. We talk about freedom, what makes American freedom unique, how to deal with past national injustices like racism and slavery biblically and the role of ordinary people in the recovery of a nation. We explore time, nations, and reaching future generations from a distinctly Christian perspective. Learn more about Os Guinness here…

Live Interview with Dr. Christopher Yuan 06/21/2022
Live interview with author, speaker, and Bible professor Dr. Christopher Yuan. We Discuss: – Identity and sexuality from a biblical perspective – How to reach and apply the essence of the gospel to a gay loved one. – What Christ-followers can do to minister in to those struggling with same-sex attraction – The importance of prayer, and more. Learn more about Dr. Yuan here…

Live Interview with Monique Duson 06/06/2022
Monique Duson, Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Unity as we discuss the flashpoints in culture – including human identity, race, and more from a biblical worldview perspective. Monique is one of the most sought after Christian thinkers and speakers on race and culture. She is straight forward, funny, and encouraging. We discuss race, Critical Race Theory, how it impacts the church, racial reconciliation and her story…. and more. Learn more about Monique Duson and the Center for Biblical Unity

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