Christ and Pop Culture
Katherine Heigl is currently reading Yancey’s What’s So Amazing About Grace? Says, “Grace is my favorite concept.” HT: Looking Closer Read more
Katherine Heigl is currently reading Yancey’s What’s So Amazing About Grace? Says, “Grace is my favorite concept.” HT: Looking Closer Read more
The Christ and Pop Culture Podcast is back! This week, we introduce our new host, Ben Bartlett, a long-time listener and writer for the Christ and Pop Culture Website. Read more
After the WGA Strike: When Will Your Favorite TV Shows Return? Read more
Did I mention the strike’s almost over? Read more
The Video Gaming World Has Made a Shift in its Preferred Hero. Read more
In this particular political season, I don't know many people who are outright uninterested in the presidential race. The opinions on both sides of the aisle are many, and the stakes are incredibly high. A combination of fascination and frustration grips most of us as the race drags on and seems to take all sorts of odd twists and turns. In short, this whole politics thing is getting crazy these days. Read more
Conan O’Brien: “My favorite comedy is comedy where nothing is achieved and there is no point.” Read more
One of the remarkable aspects of our culture is that although we are inundated with advertisements all day long, we are often willing to pay for a tee-shirt or bumper sticker which advertises for someone. As Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes) once said, "A good shirt turns the wearer into a walking corporate billboard." When we aren't wearing an advertisement or sticking one to our bumper, we are often promoting an idea or belief which serves to identify us with a group: "I learned these 10 things from playing video games," "war is wrong," "gun control is unjust," or even "Jesus saves!" Read more
He has a brain defect, but that's not really a bad thing. This particular brain defect allows New York City lawyer Eli Stone to have amazing visions that tell him how to help others. If the story sounds far-fetched that’s okay, because it is the latest plot for a new ABC comedy. Read more
A recent poll has shown that the British are extremely confused about who was a historical figure and who was fiction. While the poll was run by a TV studio, and is therefore hardly scientific, it is still indicative of the tremendous effect the media has on our perception of the world and history. When historical figures (Churchill) look an awful lot like fictional characters (Holmes) on the TV, it becomes hard to separate fact from fiction. Read more
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