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Generational Differences And The Future Of American Civilization
Sociologists often organize populations according to the generational differences they observe and then create categories with labels and timeline distinctives.
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About IIP
James P. Eckman (Jim) is President Emeritus and Professor in Bible and History at Grace University in Omaha, Nebraska. He has been at Grace since 1983. He holds the following degrees:
- B.S., Millersville University of Pennsylvania (1969)
- M.A., Lehigh University (1973)
- Th.M. (with honor), Dallas Theological Seminary (1983)
- Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1989)
He has also completed additional postgraduate work at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He received the Charles A. Nash Award in Historical Theology while at Dallas Seminary. [Read More]
Featured Issues
The “Tests” Of The American Republic: Are We Failing The Final Test?
Arguably, Abraham Lincoln was the greatest president in American History. He led the nation through its greatest test—the Civil War (1861-1865). As early as 1838, Lincoln argued that the Republic would not collapse from an outside invasion; rather, it would collapse from within. He also believed that popular governments, which rest their sovereignty in the
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Reflections On The Supreme Court’s LGBTQ Bostock Decision
In June the Supreme Court handed down its major 2020 decision on LGBTQ rights in the workplace. Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia involved a man named Gerald Bostock—by all accounts an exemplary worker with a decade on the job—who was fired for conduct “unbecoming” a government employee shortly after he had started participating in a gay softball league.
Bible Study Podcast
John 7:14-52 As Jesus teaches in the Temple, using figures of speech to move people from the temporal and physical to the eternal and spiritual, some believe, some reject Him and some wait to see what happens.
Culture & Wordview
Generational Differences And The Future Of American Civilization Sociologists often organize populations according to the generational differences they observe and then create categories with labels and timeline distinctives.
Ethics
Ethics: The Unthinkable Becoming Acceptable Years ago, I read an article written by the late Chuck Colson, who made this observation about ethical issues in Western Civilization: “What was once unthinkable, become debatable and then gradually becomes acceptable.” I do not know whether this was original with Colson or whether he borrowed it from someone else, but many times I have affirmed the accuracy of this reflection. I guess I have become hardened as I have gotten older, but I find myself rarely stunned by cultural accommodation anymore. Developments I once regarded as unthinkable are now accepted widely and enthusiastically.
