Dr Paul Allen

In 1976, Carl F.H. Henry published God, Revelation, and Authority, one of the most significant works of theology in the twentieth century. Five years later, Gordon Clark released A Christian View of Men and Things. In the same tradition, David Noebel’s magisterial Understanding the Times covered 10 different areas to which a worldview speaks, from theology and philosophy to economics, ethics, sociology, and history. And all on his own, the late Christian philosopher Ron Nash covered almost every other conceivable topic from a Christian worldview.   Missing in the long line of Christian worldview books is one that would have been especially helpful last week when the Pentagon released a slew of documents, some of which were formerly classified.  The Christian view of UFOs, Aliens, and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (or UAP) remains to be written. NPR described this move by the Trump administration, “In all, the Pentagon released more than 160 records, citing President Tr...

In a profound sense, this world is not our home. When we are away from our bodies we will be "at home with the Lord" (2 Cor. 5:8). We are not to be "conformed to this age" (Rom. 12:2). Our lives "are hid with Christ in God" (Col. 3:3). We have been "transferred out of the dominion of darkness into the kingdom of his beloved Son" (Col. 1:13). We have "passed out of death and into life" (1 John 3:14). We are exiles and strangers here. The fact that we are exiles on the earth (1 Peter 2:11) does not mean that we don't care what becomes of culture. However, it does mean that we exert our influence as very happy, brokenhearted outsiders. We are exiles. "Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ" (Phil. 3:20). "Here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come" (Heb. 13:14). Yet we are very happy sojourners because we have been commanded by our bloody Champ...