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Cormac McCarthy: Judges in the American Canon
Feb 09, 2012 | Mike Cosper
John Piper once said, "Cormac McCarthy is to the American literary canon what Judges is to the the biblical canon." I couldn't agree more.
New York City Churches Find New Homes
Feb 09, 2012 | John Starke
Churches race for space and labor for their constitutional rights.
The Evangelical Trinitarian Milieu
Feb 08, 2012 | Jason S. Sexton
We can do better, and have begun to in these hopeful ways.
Christian Image Is Everything
Feb 08, 2012 | Chris Castaldo
The shattered are eternally captivated by the beauty of the Savior.
Bad Art Doesn’t Exist Apart from the Good
Feb 08, 2012 | John Starke
Art is never simply for art's sake. It is a symbol pointing to something greater.
How Could Sinful Lot Have Been Righteous?
Feb 08, 2012 | Chris Bruno
How can Peter say 'righteous Lot' was greatly distressed by the wicked?
How to Pull Out of the Burnout Spiral
Feb 07, 2012 | Interview by Collin Hansen
Once our faith slips from a tight grip on Jesus, burnout is never far behind.
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What Can You Do in 5 Minutes?
February 10, 2012 | 12:03 AM CT
Take the 5-minute challenge to pray each day for a country on the most-watched list for church persecution. Also, Michael Horton, commenting on the "Newsweek" story about Christian persecution, suggests some ways we can respond.
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When Your Preacher Is Not John Piper
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Mature believers are easily edified, even by lackluster preaching.
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From Victoria's Secret Model to Proverbs 31 Wife
Feb 10, 2012 | Joe Carter
The Story: In 2009, nineteen-year-old Kylie Bisutti beat out 10,000 other young women to win the Victoria's Secret Model Search. Now, at the age of twenty-one, Bisutti says she quit working for the company because modeling lingerie does not conform to her Christian beliefs.
The Background: Although working for Victoria's Secret was her "biggest goal in life", the young model began to have a change of heart.
She said that her husband, who she married soon after winning the modeling competition, was also a factor:
While Bisutti will continue with her modeling career, she'll do so with her clothes on:
Why It Matters: On the website of Live31, a non-profit organization to promote a healthy self-image through a biblical worldview, Bisutti shares her story and explains how her local church played a role in her decision. In an essay titled "I Quit Being A Victoria's Secret Model To Become A Proverbs 31 Wife", she says that, "Christ also led my husband and I to a great church that has helped me so much. It is a lot easier to stay grounded when you are plugged into a church and fellowship with other believers."
As Bisutti's story shows, young women can overcome our culture's ideal of the "model" woman when the Biblical ideal of womanhood is being modelled by the local church.
The Background: Although working for Victoria's Secret was her "biggest goal in life", the young model began to have a change of heart.
I actually loved it while I was there, it was so much fun and I had a blast. But the more I was modelling lingerie - and lingerie isn't clothing - I just started becoming more uncomfortable with it because of my faith. I'm Christian, and reading the Bible more, I was becoming more convicted about it.
She said that her husband, who she married soon after winning the modeling competition, was also a factor:
My body should only be for my husband and it's just a sacred thing," Bisutti continued.
While Bisutti will continue with her modeling career, she'll do so with her clothes on:
I didn't really want to be that kind of role model for younger girls because I had a lot of younger Christian girls that were looking up to me and then thinking that it was okay for them to walk around and show their bodies in lingerie to guys."
Why It Matters: On the website of Live31, a non-profit organization to promote a healthy self-image through a biblical worldview, Bisutti shares her story and explains how her local church played a role in her decision. In an essay titled "I Quit Being A Victoria's Secret Model To Become A Proverbs 31 Wife", she says that, "Christ also led my husband and I to a great church that has helped me so much. It is a lot easier to stay grounded when you are plugged into a church and fellowship with other believers."
As Bisutti's story shows, young women can overcome our culture's ideal of the "model" woman when the Biblical ideal of womanhood is being modelled by the local church.
