A Lenten Devotional, Day 2
Welcome to Lent! This season, we’re blessed with a set of Lenten devotionals by contributing author Lee Hinkle. Find out more about Lee at the bottom of this article, or at hinkledownunder.com. Reading John 1:19-34 (ESV) Isaiah 40:1- 8 (ESV) Meditation…
A Lenten Devotional, Day 1: Ash Wednesday
Welcome to Lent! This season, we’re blessed with a set of Lenten devotionals by contributing author Lee Hinkle. Find out more about Lee at the bottom of this article, or at hinkledownunder.com. Reading John 1:1-18 (ESV) Isaiah 1:2- 20 (ESV) Meditation…
Hope through Failure and Success
So you failed your New Year’s resolutions last year. This year you vowed the same, maybe even tagging on some more, because this time it will be different. And you headed to the gym on January 1, along with all the other…
The War on Christmas
I’ve heard legends of the War on Christmas since I was a small child. If you hear the press about it, it’s a truly terrifying conflict; red coffee cups rain down like mortar shells, “Happy Holidays” carpet bombs are dropped upon unsuspecting…
The Tight-Fisted Hand at the Grindstone
Welcome to Redeeming Culture! What follows is an adaptation of a scene from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. This is our second Christmas fiction, and I hope you like the story of a Scrooge who can’t save himself. • • •…
Franksgiving and Humiliation Day (with All the Trimmings)
Last year, I called Thanksgiving the holiday that consumerism couldn’t destroy. “Thanksgiving has staunchly resisted the crass commercialism that took Christmas,” I said. It’s still my favorite holiday for that reason, but it hasn’t always been the holiday we know and…
Space Day, Race Day, and Memorial Day (Lightning Round)
Occasionally, a week is so busy that we feel a need to comment on more than one thing. Usually we release multiple articles, but this week we’re going to try something new: the Lightning Round. We’re going to take a…
(Not Iscariot)
Welcome to Redeeming Culture! What follows is a brief dramatization of what some people call “Spy Wednesday” – the day Judas began seeking an opportunity to betray Jesus. This is based in fact, but other than the names and basic…
A Trip to Bethlehem
Welcome to Redeeming Culture! What follows is a dramatized account of the Magi’s trip to Bethlehem to meet Jesus after His birth. While the story is dramatized (the Bible gives no record of their number or names, for example), I’ve…
Redeeming Santa
“All it takes is moving one letter to change Santa into Satan!”
If you’ve never heard that little tidbit before…well, you haven’t been running in the same circles I have. Santa Claus has been under attack since he climbed down his first chimney.