Vertical Thought: April - June 2008

A commentary by Frank Dunkle

Planning a route that will lead you safely through college while maintaining spiritual strength is challenging. Sometimes it is overwhelming. But it...

Ripping, Burning, Downloading...What kind of media sharing is acceptable for Christians?

What goes into your head can affect your thoughts and actions.

Does today's celebrity culture distract us from what's really important?

"Impossible!" you say? Even though it's often hard to do, it can be done, and it's well worth the effort. Here's how.

It seems like strange advice, but come along and you'll see what I mean.

There is no doubt that music is a powerful and enjoyable medium, but is it always beneficial for us? That depends.

What would it be like to get married in the American Midwest, then move halfway around the world to spend a year working in the Muslim Middle East? We...

Surprising to some, Scripture includes many references to singing and musical instruments being played in worshipping God and in everyday life.

When the culture is so clueless and corrupt, the call of countercultures is great. But there's a counterculture nearly everyone has overlooked.

I can't get that song out of my head!" is a common complaint when a jingle from a commercial rattles around in our minds and we hum it endlessly. Why...

There have always been subcultures running counter to whatever was the dominant culture. The late 1970s saw the eruption of the virulently angry punk...

One source reports the news one way. Another presents a very different picture. How do we make sense of these confusing discrepancies?