Christ and Pop Culture
Touch thus emblematizes a Christian truth, one that is becoming increasingly evident in the technological era of human connectivity. Read more
Touch thus emblematizes a Christian truth, one that is becoming increasingly evident in the technological era of human connectivity. Read more
I cannot believe that the IRS did this. Not because I do not think people can’t be this biased, but because the political and ethical ramifications of it should be dizzying. Read more
Jay Nash’s new album Letters From The Lost came out Tuesday. Recorded in a home studio in Vermont, the album has a cozy “antique mall” rustic charm about it. Letters From The Lost is accessible New England folk/Americana. You should check it out, you know, if you’re into accessible New England folk/Americana…. Read more
The Boy Scouts are both a private association and an icon of American wholesomeness. Boy Scouts represent the clean cut, responsible adventurers among us, always looking to improve themselves, their environments, and those around them. While the Scouts are not an explicitly religious organization, and definitely are not a parochial wing of evangelicalism, the organization was founded in a fit of Teddy Roosevelt Progressivism, spurred by worries about the negative effects of urbanization and the like. Over the past decade... Read more
The latest Barna poll says that the majority of American Christians act like pharisees. But do they? Read more
Each week in The Moviegoer, Nick Olson examines new and upcoming films. I went into Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby with some reluctance. Luhrmann’s penchant for superabundant style–made famous by Moulin Rouge, whose popularity still escapes me–could go one of two ways insofar as it is a competent filmic rendering of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel. Undoubtedly, Luhrmann’s eccentric auterism could serve well both the source material’s extravagant parties at Gatsby’s mansion, and even Fitzgerald’s lyrical sense of prose.... Read more
If I had the funds, I would be darn tempted to try to find the town that Morgan is talking about and buy a house there. Read more
Citizenship Confusion, Alan Noble discusses how we confuse our heavenly citizenship with citizenship to the state, culture, and the world. This morning, CNN reported that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told investigators why he and his brother committed their horrifying act of terrorism in Boston: Tsarnaev scribbled [in a note found in the boat he was captured in] that the Boston victims were collateral damage as Muslims have been during war and that an attack against one Muslim is an attack against... Read more
The following is a detailed look at a conflict which took place last year at the Arab Festival in Dearborn, Michigan, in which Christians were assaulted for “preaching.” This post was originally published in June 2012. This week a federal judge threw out the case against the police who failed to stop the assault (allegedly) and asked the street preachers to leave. While many publications have spun this incident as an example of Muslim violence and savagery, as I show here,... Read more
Click here to listen! This week, editor-in-chief Richard Clark, associate editor Ben Bartlett and writer Lauren Rambo (As well as Lauren’s husband Tye) take time to explore the issues surrounding the “New Wave of Complementarianism”, the events surrounding Bangladesh and the modern rendition of The Great Gatsby. We love feedback. If you’d like to respond, you can comment on the Web site or send an e-mail to [email protected]. We’re also on Twitter and Facebook. We would love to hear feedback on the show, so... Read more
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