Posts by Aresman MacLaren
Youth and Media; Online Churches
If there’s one thing that’s extremely influential with modern youth in today’s society, it’s media. From movies, music, videogames, and social media, technology has opened up numerous ways for people to entertain themselves. While Christianity has been able to utilize media to help further the Gospel, there are plenty of other things in competition for…
Read MoreOpen Hearts and Homes
For the past couple of years, my family have opened up our home for orphans from Eastern Europe via a Christian hosting service called Open Hearts and Homes. This program allowed my parents to host numerous children from Latvia, Ukraine, and Russia. My parents have been able to show the love of Christ, what an…
Read MoreGen Z: Walking Away from Christ
A couple weeks ago, we looked at statistics analyzing the different generations and how they identified themselves; Christian, Atheist, or otherwise. While all of the other generations seemed to remain relatively stable, with some change hare and there, Gen Z was incredibly atheistic or agnostic, with Christianity brushed to the side. How did this happen?…
Read MoreCreating in the Image
One of the coolest skills that human beings possess is the ability to create things. From pieces of art and music, to advanced technology and modes of transportation. We as a species are incredibly skilled at thinking of new and creative ways of changing the world in which we live. Being creative is one of…
Read MoreThoughts on Chris Pratt
A couple weeks ago, we looked at a controversy that arose surrounding Christ Pratt acknowledging his Christian faith and how the church he supported didn’t support homosexuality. This was made an issue by Ellen Page over Twitter, in which she implied that Pratt too must hate homosexuals simply because his church didn’t support their behavior.…
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