R. H. Bryant

Category: Articles and Essays

  • Sire’s Habits of Mind Review

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    Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling builds upon a line of publications, decrying the ascent of mindless Christianity that according to the author, James W. Sire, diminishes the effectiveness of the gospel to contemporary cultures.  The difference between Sire’s work from those of Noll’s The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind or…

  • Satire_Postmodern_Language

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    Satire on the Postmodern Language Framework Combative sides form on virtually every issue. Epithets spew out, framing the others as abject evil, worthy of jail, torment, death, and hopefully hell’s fire. To frame contradicting opinions in the public arena as a “war” trivializes the carnage of “war.” To frame conflicts devoid of emotion with similar…

  • How the Internet Affects Our Brains

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    After a recent 15-minute presentation on the Impacts of technology upon brain development, I was asked, how to we avoid the damaging effects of using the internet. For those who were not in this presentation, here is a recap of the salient points:   Recap of previous lessons: There is a spectrum of thought as…

  • Apology against the Postmodern

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    Apology against the Postmodern  In 1925, who would have thought a revolution was being unleashed by a 24-year-old high school biology teacher at Rhea County High School in Dayton, Tennessee? Yet, this obscure classroom teacher, in an equally obscure town, would define the next 100-years of American history. What became known as the Scopes Trial,…

  • Curse on Nations without Fathers

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    It is said of Boswell, the famous biographer of Samuel Johnson, that he often referred to a special day in his childhood when his father took him fishing. His father’s sweet tutelage that day captured the imagination of his young mind. He often reflected upon many of the things his father taught him during that…

  • Recovering Christian Fatherhood

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    Sam Rayburn, as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, was one of the most powerful politicians in America for decades. Yet, when Speaker Rayburn recounted the most influential moments in his life, he noted a railroad station in East Texas. According to Lyndon Johnson’s biographer, Robert Caro (1983), young Sam recalled this moment, “at…

  • John Flavel “On Truth”

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    In 1671, John Flavel (1982) wrote, “Truth is the sanctifying instrument, John xvii. 17. the mould into which our souls are cast, Rom. vi. 17. according therefore to the stamps and impressions it makes upon our understandings, and the order in which truths lie there, will be the depth and lastingness of their impressions and…

  • Navigating the Digital World: PT3

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    Privacy, Surveillance, and Advancing the Christian Mission Click HERE to see the recorded lesson. Click on the Image Above to Access the Slideshow. DISCLAIMER: Computer technology is an ever-changing environment. As such, all suggestions should be double-checked by the user for current accuracy and relevance. Like the noble-minded Berean believers, all claims and assertions should be tested…

  • Navigating the Digital World: Pt. 2

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    Online Security, Hacking, and Advancing the Christian Mission Presentation This is part to of the continuing series and addresses the issues of the basics in online security to advance the Christian mission. Click HERE to view the recorded message. Click the image to view the slides. DISCLAIMER: Computer technology is an ever-changing environment. As such,…

  • Navigating the Digital World: Pt. 1

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    What Technology is Doing to Our Brains? Presentation This lesson covers a theological perspective regarding technology and the latest research regarding neurological effects of engaging computer technology. Click HERE to view the recorded lesson. Click on this image to access the slide presentation. DISCLAIMER: Computer technology is an ever-changing environment. As such, all suggestions should be double-checked…