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129 questions answered from Scripture and the Thinking Christian Framework, organized by the seven dimensions of a sacred-social order and by topic. A growing library of reliable answers, not reactive commentary.
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Law and WisdomLiving with the grain of reality, particularly the reality of the Triune God.41 questionsOrdering of SpaceMaking and orienting faithful copies of heavenly realities.0 questionsOrdering of TimeStructuring life according to cosmic rhythms and calendars.4 questionsInteractions with DeityPracticing the rituals of worship, sacrifice, prayer, etc.7 questionsGovernmentRecognizing and exercising legitimate authority in politics and leadership.29 questionsFemale and Male RolesMaintaining appropriate male and female marital and sexual relationships.21 questionsCultural TransmissionEducating the next generation of converts in communal norms.27 questions
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All 129 questions
- Are Christians Charged with "Taking Back the Culture"?
- Are Digital IDs the Mark of the Beast?
- Aren’t Christians really just conservatives that speak with a religious accent?
- Aren’t Christians supposed to fix the world?
- Aren't the Efficiencies Technology Promises Good for Humanity?
- Can AI Glorify God?
- Can Christians Use the Language of Masculinity and Femininity at All?
- Can We Be Discipled Through Screens?
- Does discipleship require isolation from the world?
- Does Having Concerns About Digital Surveillance Make You a Conspiracy Theorist?
- Does Jesus Exhibit Masculine Characteristics, or Faithful Ones?
- Does Male Discipleship Look Different for Single Men Than for Married Men?
- Does the Bible even speak about abortion?
- Does the Bible Have a Theology of Masculinity?
- How are evangelism and discipleship related?
- How Can Christian Community Serve as an Alternative to Surveillance Culture?
- How Can Christians Be Sober-Minded About Digital Technology and Eschatology?
- How Can Christians Cultivate Virtue in a World of Algorithmic Incentives?
- How can Christians discern truth on social media?
- How Can Christians Engage AI Policy and Digital Surveillance Faithfully?
- How Can Christians Exercise Discernment in Using and Adopting Technology?
- How Can Christians Prepare Themselves Today?
- How can Christians respond to accusations about hating or devaluing women?
- How can pro-life Christians respond to pro-choice Christians?
- How Can the Church Help Christians Resist the World's Pressures in a Digital Age?
- How Did Shared Moral Consciousness Stabilize American Society?
- How Do Algorithms Form Our Loves and Habits?
- How Do Proximate Hopes Relate to Ultimate Hope in Christ?
- How do we reorient attention toward God's active presence in everyday life?
- How Does a Theological Disposition Form Differently Than a Set of Beliefs?
- How Does AI Influence Our Perception of Reality?
- How Does American Civil Religion Borrow from Christianity?
- How does assimilation work as a rival discipleship that often feels like common sense?
- How Does Christian Nationalism Reshape Christian Reasoning?
- How Does Cultural Masculinity Function as a Sacred-Social Order?
- How does discipleship alert us to the way the world actually works?
- How Does Disciplined Inquiry Hold Together the Four Ways of Knowing?
- How Does Information Shape Governance—and Vice Versa?
- How Does Jesus's Authority Relate to His Sex?
- How Does Liberalism View Religion?
- How Does Technology Encourage an Alternative Eschatology?
- How does the first amendment relate to the abortion issue?
- How might Christians respond to the Dobbs v. Jackson decision?
- How might we respond when people say that Christians should just stay out of politics?
- How should Christians interact on social media?
- How Should Christians Practice Attention as a Spiritual Discipline?
- How Should Christians Respond to Immigration?
- How Should Christians Respond to Societal Drift and Decline?
- How Should Christians Think about Agnosticism?
- How Should Christians Think about Christian Nationalism?
- How Should Christians Think About Digital IDs, Data Centers, and Digital Surveillance?
- How Should Christians Think About Voting?
- How Should Christians Use AI Tools Like ChatGPT?
- How Should Christians Use Technology without Losing Their Neighbor?
- How Should Parents Disciple Children in a Digital Environment?
- How Should the Church Form Men Rather Than Masculinize Them?
- How should we think about our relationship with pro-choice advocates?
- If We Are Not Being Formed by Christ, Who or What Is Forming Us?
- Is America on a Mission from God?
- Is Christian Political Participation a Sacred Duty or a Civil Right?
- Is discipleship an optional part of salvation?
- Is Jesus the Paragon of Masculinity or the Paragon of Humanity?
- Is Privacy a Right, a Privilege, or a Theological Necessity?
- Is Technology Neutral, or Does It Carry a Theology?
- Is the Church's Problem Too Little Masculinity, or Too Little Discipleship?
- Should Christians Celebrate the Ten Commandments in Louisiana Classrooms?
- Should Churches Be on Social Media?
- Was America a Christian Nation?
- What are a few things Christians might avoid saying in conversations with those who hold differing views on abortion?
- What Are Digital IDs and Data Centers?
- What Are the Limitations of Government, Law, and Moral Consensus?
- What Are the Upsides and Downsides of Digital IDs and Data Centers?
- What Can Christians in the U.S. Do to Voice Concerns About Digital IDs, Data Centers, and AI Policy?
- What Do 1 Timothy 6:1 and Titus 2:5 Teach About Christian Public Conduct?
- What Do Communal Practices Form That Individual Disciplines Cannot?
- What Do Jacob, Esau, and David Tell Us About Biblical Masculinity?
- What do we say when people claim that the United States is not a “Christian Nation”?
- What Does AI Threaten About Being Human?
- What Does Christian Discipleship Mean in the Digital Age?
- What Does Faithful Christian Witness in the Digital Age Actually Look Like?
- What Does Genesis 6 Teach about Boundary Crossing?
- What Does Hebrews 11 Reveal About Male and Female Faithfulness?
- What Does It Mean to Recognize God's Reality Before Applying It?
- What does it mean to respond to Christ within a specific situation rather than react against a generalized threat?
- What Does It Mean to Say That Masculinity Is a Cultural Construction?
- What Does Jesus's Maleness Actually Tell Us About Discipleship?
- What Does Paul Mean by “Act Like Men” in 1 Corinthians 16:13?
- What does reordering our loves actually look like?
- What does the Bible have to say about the church and the state?
- What Does the Incarnation Teach Christians about Technology?
- What Does the Tower of Babel Teach Us About Technology?
- What if I don’t want to come off as judgemental?
- What Is American Civil Religion?
- What Is Christian Discernment, and Why Does It Matter More Than Ever?
- What Is Christian Nationalism?
- What Is Christian Resistance?
- What Is Digital Sabbath, and Does It Actually Help?
- What Is Liberalism?
- What Is Machismo, and Why Does It Matter for Christian Men?
- What Is the Biblical Nature and Role of Government?
- What Is the Biblical Nature and Role of Law?
- What Is the Biblical Nature and Role of the Church?
- What Is the Difference Between a Male Disciple and a Masculine Christian?
- What Is the Difference Between Being Watched and Being Known?
- What Is the Difference Between Formation and Information?
- What is the Great Commission? How does it relate to the abortion debate?
- What Is the Place of Privacy in an Information Age?
- What Is the Relocating Principle and How Does It Apply to Manhood?
- What Is Theo-logic, and Why Does Relationship Shape Rationality?
- What Is Transhumanism, and Why Should Christians Care?
- What Kind of Accountability Does Discipleship Require, and How Does It Differ from Moral Oversight?
- What Kind of Preparation Does Faithful Witness Require in a Digital Age?
- What posture might Christians adopt when we interact with those who are angry about the Dobbs v. Jackson decision?
- What Role Do Formation and Constraint Play in Producing Faithful Male Disciples?
- What Role Do Individual Spiritual Disciplines Play in Forming Procedural Knowing?
- What Role Does Biological Sex Play in the New Testament’s Vision of Discipleship?
- What was the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson?
- When Popular Advice About Men Substitutes Cultural Instincts for Discipleship, What Does It Look Like?
- Why do Christians hold inconsistent views about life? What about the death penalty?
- Why do Christians only follow some of the Bible’s commandments and not others?
- Why Do We Default to Technological Solutions Despite the Risks?
- Why Does the Great Commission Begin with Christ’s Authority Rather Than with Our Evangelistic Effort?
- Why Is Christian Nationalism’s Merger of Church and State Problematic?
- Why is discipleship inseparable from a sacred-social order?
- Why Is Discipleship More Important Than Cultural Influence?
- Why is misformation a more fundamental problem than misinformation?
- Why is observing all Christ commanded a New Covenant reality rather than a return to law-keeping?
- Why Is Technology Best Understood as a Response to a Broken World?
- Why Should Christians Be Leery of Displaying the Ten Commandments in Schools?