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September 2025

September 16, 2025
Apologetics is central to how Christians share, support, and defend faith. "Christian Apologetics is the...
September 12, 2025
The events of the past day have brought the necessity to provide a different post...
September 08, 2025
Glenn Schwartz (guitar) held the mantle of becoming the "White Jimi Hendrix." Throughout his performing...

August 2025

August 26, 2025
I grew up in a mixed Latino culture. The hood was the backbone of my...
August 25, 2025
The blues has been a purveyor of rock and pop music since its inception. Born...
August 11, 2025
I have been delving into my old musicological roots recently. I had the opportunity to...
August 04, 2025
The rapper DMX, also known as Earl Simmons, had a controversial Hip-Hop career. Riddled with...
August 01, 2025
When you see a tagline like this, you know there’s going to be a response...

July 2025

July 28, 2025
Based on the news from today, Tuesday, July 22, the passing of the legend Ozzy...
July 21, 2025
The Native American Music Awards (NAMMY) released the list of the 2025 winners. The list...
July 14, 2025
  Reviewing the abundance of articles written about the 1995 classic, Gangster's Paradise by Coolio,...
July 04, 2025
There has been a surge of youth involvement in various ways to articulate a contemporary...

June 2025

June 20, 2025
Theomusicology is the musicological study of religious music, including orthodox religious music study, history, and...
June 11, 2025
I took up the thought experiment on the differences in how Christian Hip Hop artists...
June 02, 2025
Comics. What could be more innocent? Who has not taken a delve into some fantastic...

May 2025

May 26, 2025
When you devote yourself to a discourse, the entire discourse needs to be addressed. My...
May 19, 2025
There has not been enough attention given to female Christian Hip Hop. To honour all...
May 10, 2025
My work in this area normally centers around pop culture criticism through a faith-based/Christian lens....
May 02, 2025
The National Day of Prayer, May 1, 2025, is a Congressional-recognized day when the country...

April 2025

April 29, 2025
The Christian Hip Hop cypher (also spelled, cipher) is a critical arena for community and...
April 22, 2025
Those who read my regular work know my commitment to Christian/faith-based Hip Hop culture to...
April 14, 2025
Lecrae gained popularity through his framing of Hip Hop originating in a Christian doctrine, then...
April 05, 2025
"Depeche Mode’s ‘Personal Jesus’: Preaching to the Masses" is the third in the series of...

March 2025

March 25, 2025
This is the second in the series that started with the article on "Faith" by...
March 16, 2025
This is the first in a two-part series working through a faith-based/Christian critique of pop...
March 09, 2025
  September 25, 2017. The date may not stand out to most. For others, this...

February 2025

February 25, 2025
Few Christian Hip Hop artists can connect the lyrical poetics of both roots of Hip...
February 17, 2025
Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians, "What I Am" “Really? Is That What You Are?”...
February 10, 2025
The Cross Movement: A Soundtrack of Faith and Authenticity When all else fails, go back...

December 2024

December 13, 2024
So You Want To Write a Grunge-style Christian Song? Going to battle for your faith...
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