There are at least two ideologies that American Christians have absorbed in the 20th century that have harmed our ability to think in biblical categories. These ideas seem innocent, but when placed against the standard of Scripture, they are revealed to be bankrupt. We have absorbed individualism and globalism.

Central to God’s character is that he loves. 1 John 4:8 famously says that “he that loveth not knoweth not God, for God is love.” However, when we say that God loves, we are not saying that anything called love is a godly thing. What we mean—because it is what the Bible communicates—is that God is the one who defines what love is.

America is a comfortable place. While not everyone lives a comfortable life, one of the ideas built into the American dream is that living w

The world is full of conflict. There is always a negative comment to respond to or an unpleasant situation to confront. But while...