Worldview – Ardel Caneday

December 1, 2023December 1, 2023New Testament, Scripture--Authority, Sufficiency, Worldview

The Sufficiency of Scripture in New Testament Studies

The following is the conclusion from an article I wrote for Pro Pastor, 2.2 (Fall 2023): 2-10. It is the lead article […]

September 3, 2023September 5, 2023Christian Family - Home, Personal Reflection, Worldview

Forty years ago today, September 3, 1983, my mother, Della Mildred Hendrickson Caneday, passed away. At the time, I was living in […]

May 31, 2023December 30, 2023Cultural Marxism, Culture, Diversity-Equity-Inclusion, Multiculturalism & Diversity, Politics, Prophetic Voice, Ressentiment, Understanding the Times, Worldview

Understanding the Times 4.0—A Christian Cultural Critic in Action

More than a decade before I joined the faculty at Northwestern College in 1992, injudicious Supreme Court decisions gave established legal precedent […]

May 8, 2023May 30, 2023Cultural Marxism, Culture, Diversity-Equity-Inclusion, Multiculturalism & Diversity, Prophetic Voice, Ressentiment, Understanding the Times, Worldview

Understanding the Times 3.1—The Formation of a Christian Cultural Critic

My last blog entry offers a brief historical review of factors that shaped my early thinking concerning social-cultural-political issues. Here, I continue […]

May 3, 2023December 30, 2023Cultural Marxism, Culture, Diversity-Equity-Inclusion, Government, Multiculturalism & Diversity, Prophetic Voice, Understanding the Times, Worldview

Understanding the Times 3.0—The Formation of a Christian Cultural Critic

The first entry in this series—Understanding the Times—featured Herbert Schlossberg and his uncommon book, Idols for Destruction (1983). With his book, Schlossberg […]

April 26, 2023January 12, 2024Cultural Marxism, Culture, Diversity-Equity-Inclusion, Multiculturalism & Diversity, Preaching, Ressentiment

Understanding the Times 2.0—An Invisible, Electrified Ideological Wall

The Berlin Wall Falls November 9, 1989, is a memorable date. That day, the Berlin Wall, a barrier that separated people for […]

February 10, 2023January 8, 2024Diversity-Equity-Inclusion, Multiculturalism & Diversity, Prophetic Voice, Ressentiment, Worldview

Understanding the Times 1.0—Herbert Schlossberg: A Prophetic Voice Unheeded

Do you recognize the prophetic nature of what Herbert Schlossberg portrays with the quotes I have cited? When I read Idols for Destruction, I did not realize how prophetic his voice was. When I cited him a decade later in a presentation, I failed to recognize his prophetic voice. Furthermore, I did not understand that my citation of Schlossberg’s book in my presentation bore something of a prophetic role to those who heard me. I should have realized it because I received a prophet’s welcome.