This is Empires of the Future, conversations to encourage the Church in a time of change.

Don’t Have it Your Way, Against Consumer Spirituality

How should someone formulate his (or her) view of the world? In an article by Brett McCracken for The Gospel Coalition, he documents the emergence of what he calls “metamodern” Christianity. This is not “modern”, meaning dedicated to an abstract idea of truth and pointed toward “progress”. It is also not “post-modern”, dedicated to feelings and dismissing notions of truth in favor of viewing the world as only consisting of power dynamics. It’s somewhere between the two. In contrast, christians should be a people dedicated to God almighty, to loving Him first and others second and seeking to live lives of sacrifice and love after our Savior Christ who gave himself for us.

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/challenge-opportunity-metamodern-christianity/

"The Empires of the future will be Empires of the Mind." - Winston Churchill

This is Empires of the Future, conversations to encourage the Church in a time of change.

Seven Reasons to Celebrate Advent

What is Advent? Many christians struggle with the busyness and the feelings of loss that often accompany the lights and trees at this time of year. How should a Christian feel about how we “do” Christmas in our consumeristic age, and how do we make sure Christmas stays about what it should be about, the birth of Christ? In this episode we examine an article by Ryan Shelton for Desiring God which gives us seven reasons to incorporate the sense of longing that Advent brings into our Christmas experience.

https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/seven-reasons-to-celebrate-advent "The Empires of the future will be Empires of the Mind." - Winston Churchill

This is Empires of the Future, conversations to encourage the Church in a time of change. We are at the front end of a wave of churches closing in the United States. But what does it mean when a local church closes its doors? What can be done about it? In this episode, we examine an article from Axios.com by Russell Contreras and consider these questions and more.

https://www.axios.com/2025/10/03/us-churches-close-religious-shift-christians

"The Empires of the future will be Empires of the Mind." - Winston Churchill