Bill Muehlenberg's CultureWatch

The Need For Improved Spiritual Vision

Feb 22, 2020

Most Western Christians are oblivious to the spiritual realities all around us:

We all have varying levels of vision. Some folks are born blind, and never get to see anything – they can only go by the descriptions of others.

Culture Wars and Christian Litmus Tests

Feb 20, 2020

Are you a secular leftist or a biblical Christian?

There are certain issues that pretty well define where a person is at, what he believes, and what he values. There are of course various core theological beliefs that one must

When You Leave This Life, What Will You Hear?

Feb 18, 2020

When this life is over, we will hear one of two things:

I could make this the shortest article I ever wrote. I could simply run with two biblical passages I have in mind, and leave it at that. The

Biblical Anthropology: A Reader’s Guide

Feb 17, 2020

Just what does it mean to be human?

It is vitally important that we get the right understanding on what it is to be human. A wrong view on how we view humanity and personhood will often result in some

We Love the Planet, But We Hate People

Feb 16, 2020

So let’s save the planet by killing everyone:

My title might have some of you asking, ‘A bit of hyperbole Bill?’ I wish it were, but sadly this is exactly the case for many folks today. So obsessed are they

6 Signs That You Might Be a Pharisee

Feb 15, 2020

We all need to test ourselves in this regard:

There is no question that some of the worst of the bad guys that Jesus had to deal with on a regular basis were the Pharisees. They were the bane of

Where There Are No Lukewarm Christians

Feb 13, 2020

We need to learn about genuine Christianity:

There are two main types of Christianity. There is the version found in the West in which many (most?) people who call themselves Christians are basically indistinguishable from their non-Christian neighbours. They live,

Christian Revival in Iran

Feb 12, 2020

God is doing amazing things in places like Iran:

While Christianity in the West seems to be on its last legs, God is not yet finished with planet earth. He is still at work, including in places that we might

Ignore the Hollywoke Crowd

Feb 10, 2020

Yet another woke performance at the Oscars:

Oh dear. Another Hollywood super-event, and another case of nauseating political correctness and wokedom. When I penned my article earlier today about leftist moralisers and double standards, the 92nd annual Academy Awards was

The Sad, Swift Road To Destruction

Feb 10, 2020

Another celeb thinks she is a theologian and wants to ‘correct’ our views:

It was Jesus who made this very sombre statement, as found in Matthew 7:13-14: “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad

When the Left Lectures Us On Right and Wrong

Feb 10, 2020

The sanctimonious and duplicitous left just loves to moralise and preach at us:

Here are two things you can always count on: One, the secular left loves to moralise, take the moral high ground, and tell us how we ought

Getting Back To What Made Us Great

Feb 9, 2020

As the West continues to decline, what will it take to turn things around?

As the days grow ever darker in the West, the battles are intensifying. And they are being fought on every level: the political, the cultural, the

On Common Grace

Feb 8, 2020

We sometimes forget about the important reality of God’s common grace:

As I somewhat anticipated, the article I penned yesterday on moral ability and accountability was misunderstood by some Christians or rather unnecessarily criticised. In my piece I responded to

Yes, Non-Christians Are Morally Accountable

Feb 7, 2020

What are we to make of the claim, ‘You can’t expect non-believers to act like believers’?

How often have you heard some Christian saying something like the following: ‘Well, we can’t point out the sins of non-believers because they are

Trump Triumphant, the Dems Defeated

Feb 6, 2020

Pelosi’s outlandish temper tantrum fully illustrates where the US Dems are at:

I could just as easily have called this piece, “Hotheads, Handshakes, and Hypocrisy”. It would have been equally accurate and relevant. All up, it has been a very