Welcome

Welcome to this humble outpost of thoughts, ideas, argument, beauty, justice, and fervor.  This is a blog set aside as an experiment in the new Christian Reformation that is growing out of the ideas of those like Francis Schaeffer, C.S. Lewis, Ravi Zacharias, and Nancy Pearcey.  It is a picture of Christians taking a stand to look at the world around them and stand up for Christ in it.  This blog is to encourage Christians to have a love of justice, beauty, truth, and building the kingdom of Christ in the world around them.

Something that I can not get past is the idea that some Christians might have that spending time discussing art, music, politics, philosophy is wasting time that could be better spent in evangelism.  I understand the sentiment.  Yet, I am a firm believer that Christians who live a live pleasing to God in whatever he calls them to do (a lawyer, a doctor, an engineer, an artist, etc…) is in fact preaching the gospel in a profound way.  Furthermore, when we look at the world and see how we can better bring about God’s kingdom by creating and exposing beauty, in standing up for justice, and in seeking and exploiting truth for the world to see (even small nuggets of it), we are also preaching the gospel then.  I do not wish to diminish the need for the gospel to be spelled out in words, but I do not want to diminish that the gospel can work alongside and often because of the other things God calls us to do.  That is the thesis of this blog.

I would love to go on and on about the ideas and the foundation behind this blog, but let me leave you with the description I have already written for our ‘What we do’ page:

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What We Do.

This is an experiment, born out of the mind of a young, home-schooled, Christian rebel against the neo-platonism that dominates our day. This is the first front for the beginning of the new reformation.

What is this new reforamtion all about? The church today has slowly found itself slipping back into the bad, unchristian philosophies that led to the need for the first reformation. The reason for this can be attributed to several things, one of which is that the reformation never truly finished its job because it got cut off by the secularist enlightenment. A group of Christian leaders both celebrity (C.S. Lewis, Nancy Pearcey, Ravi Zacharias, and Francis Schaeffer) and obscure (the strong coalition of professors in Christian colleges for example) have been planting the seeds in my generation (I am entering my final year of high-school at this writing) for a new reformation. I have encountered countless spiritual leaders who are convinced that this generation will bring about a reformation of the Christian Church unseen in history. This blog is one small attempt to ‘get the ball rolling’ by simply being a tool of living out what I believe in.

We will feature interesting news, reviews on music, art, and film, guest posts, my political rants, and etc. All of it is designed to let you, the reader, take everything around you one level deeper and hopefully find the truth and beauty of your Creator at the root of it all. All in all, this is the attempt of a Christian to live out his faith in a new, relevant, convicted, timeless, and true way. We believe in standing up for justice, in exploiting and creating beauty, in discussing truth, and we believe in a God who is the author of all those things.

I hope you find your time here encouraging, enlightening, and dangerous.  But ultimately, I hope that it teaches you how to think too much, so that you time after time stumble upon your Creator.

Sincerely,
SK Johnson [administrator]

Meet our writers/contributors: (to be updated as we grow)

S.K. Johnson
[Administrator/Renaissance man]
My name is SK Johnson. I am a homeschooled high school student. I am also the owner of the Duncan Hunter Grass Revolt (www.dhgrassrevolt.wordpress), which was the beginning of my blogging career. I am obsessed with ideas, books, music, politics, and my heroes: William Wilberforce, James Madison, William Blackstone, C.S. Lewis, Ronald Reagan, Brother Andrew, and Jon Foreman. I hope to one day be a college professor and/or involved in politics, depending on where the Lord leads me and when.
I also have a weakness for sweet tea and European cities.

Disclaimer on politics: In the church today, it is almost taboo to talk about politics in certain atmospheres and occasions. It is my philosophy that as Christians we are called to affect culture in all means necessary to further the work of Christ. That means standing up for justice, and for fulfilling the Biblical mandate of creating a society pleasing to God. I do not mean that I believe government itself should create a Godly society, but I believe that it is a piece of the puzzle. On the surface, I suppose that sounds like a communist statement. Let me be clear, I am an ardent anti-communist and an ardent anti-socialist. What I mean by my statement is that government shapes society and as Christians we are obligated to be a part of that, yet it is not the only way we affect the world for Christ. In my opinion, a government based upon the US Constitution is something consistent with Christianity and something I support and fight for.

The point I am finally getting to is that I believe the church needs to have open discussion about politics and a Christian’s role in it. We are not always going to agree, we are not always going to be right, but we should look objectively to Scripture for truth on this subject and do something about it. That is why, with this blog, I will not be shy in expressing my political beliefs. However it should be noted that any political statements about specific politicians made through banners or on any sections of this site that are not actual blog posts are the opinions of the administrator (SK Johnson) and not necessarily of all contributing writers. As contributing authors are added, it is my position to enforce a certain amount of content control but overall I am not against having differing opinions within these posts.

This is how to think too much.

-SK Johnson [administrator]