Category Culture

Culture, Faith

Is the Antichrist on the world stage?

The last two years have been profoundly upending. Topsy turvy. Just when it feels like things are settling down, something else radically happens. Many Christians are wondering... are these the times of the end? What should be our response?

Jeff Noble
March 18, 2022

Coronavirus, Culture, Podcast

The RoundUp: The weeks that the COVID narrative collapsed and Mars Hill

The RoundUp is a new series here at Notes from the Trail that collects the most recent news, listens and observations that everyone is talking about (or should be). This entry reflects on the weeks that the COVID narrative collapsed and prods you to listen to a podcast about a renowned church that fell.

Jeff Noble
January 20, 2022
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Culture, Faith, Politics

“Let’s talk about totalitarianism.”

Most Christians are so busy with everyday-ness that they never pause to consider things like cultural and political movements. School, work, responsibilities at home, shuttling kids to activities and practices and church all keep us focused on good things. Those are all really good things. But we need to wake up and smell the air of culture we're currently breathing. Being awake is a condition of being ready for what God wants to do in us, through us and around us. It's time to talk about the growing creep of totalitarianism and why it's a very bad thing.

Jeff Noble
January 18, 2022

Coronavirus, Culture

Think different.

It's been almost two years of "14 days to bend the curve." If you've gotten your COVID information from the MSM, CDC or FDA, surely by now, you've started wondering why "science" changed so drastically in just a few months of early 2020.

Jeff Noble
January 12, 2022

Coronavirus, Culture, Gratitude, Politics, Spiritual Markers

It’s 2022. Will this year be “new?”

Is 2022 just the second bad sequel to 2020, following a less-than-stellar 2021? Or is it pregnant with hope and possibility? Over and above rampant COVID, cultural issues and partisan politics, there's a perspective and reality that will help you see 2022 as indeed being a "happy new year."

Jeff Noble
January 7, 2022

Christmas, Culture, Homosexuality, Marriage, Politics, Reading, Sexuality, Social Media, Technology

Nuff Said: Christmas with The Chosen, Birds aren’t real, Big tech censorship, Gay marriage, Read printed books

This 'Nuff Said entry highlights a Christmas movie you won't want to miss, a look at the Gen Z conspiracy theory that birds aren't real, exposure of big tech censorship, reflection on gay marriage and redefining words, and the importance of reading actual, real printed books.