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The Relationship Between Art & Church
Today over at Christ and Pop Culture, I took a look at the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of the tricky relationship between art and evangelical Christianity. There is serious historical baggage that has led to current views of art within the church that are unhealthy. Beholding great art is often simply not attempted because of … Continue reading
Dostoyevsky on Passion 2013
Today at Christ and Pop Culture, I took on, in brevity, the issue of youthful zeal without commitment in young evangelicals today. The Passion conference seems to be a spiritual jump starter for thousands of young evangelicals, which is not always a bad thing. As a matter of fact, I have personally seen Passion and … Continue reading
Top 10 of 2012 (That aren’t from 2012 at all)
Okay, with all of these ‘year-end-best-of lists’ blogging us down (get it?), I kind of feel left out. Sure, I write for a blog that deals almost exclusively with popular (new) culture and I (in theory) run a blog about contemporary culture and timeless theology but lets get real: it’s hard to keep up. … Continue reading
The Misunderstood Sacrilege of Russian Punk Rock
The wincingly unpleasant situation in Moscow over the actions of the punk band Pussy Riot have been well covered and well followed for the better part of 2012. It all started when a few members from the Russian punk band Pussy Riot did a “fake prayer protest” inside of Christ the Savior Cathedral, a Russian … Continue reading
Morning After Blues: Sobering Up After The False Promises of The Election
After billions of dollars of campaign money, months of savage punditry and enough rhetoric to embitter most of the population, it’s all over. Twitter talk has died down while evangelical voters post tweets about the lordship of Jesus that they snarked at in the heat of the election and Obama voters gloat, as if the … Continue reading
My Historical & Theological Case For Political Repentance
Today over at Christ and Pop Culture I have taken on a cultural juggernaut: voting. I wrote a lengthy feature on the historical and theological case for political repentance. While it is not a popular position within American Evangelicalism today, I believe that it is important to dialogue about. I am hoping for much dialogue, feedback … Continue reading
Mumford & Sons and Authenticity (new at CaPC)
Today over at Christ & Pop Culture, my latest feature went up. In it, I make a case for the authenticity of Mumford & Sons amidst a sea of hipster/music puritan criticism over the content of their second album. Without giving too much away, the article notes the complexities of “authenticity” and traces the roots … Continue reading
Seven Websites That Will Enrich Your Life
In the sea of the internet, it is easy to drown. But if you learn the ropes and travel wisely, it can be a dear friend. These are my go-to websites for helpful information, spiritual nourishment and cultural relevance. If instead of wasting hours and hours of time on facebook, we diversified our online portfolio … Continue reading
Precious Puritians & The Race Card
Last week the most interesting “controversy” in the Christian blogosphere was the drama surrounding a track from Propaganda’s (really, really good) new album Excellent. The song, “Precious Puritans” is an unsettling meta-critique of the Puritans pretty awful tract record with slavery and race. But with one listen of the song, it is evident that his … Continue reading
Cheap Grace & Expensive Grace | The Best Ways (NOT) To Enjoy God’s Grace
Grace is scandalous, scary and hard to understand all at the same time. Everybody has their own definition of “grace”. A friend of mine used to say “well, all sins are forgiven so let’s rock ‘n roll!”. However, my personal favorite is Aunt Bethany’s understanding of grace. (‘She died thirty years ago!”). And outside of … Continue reading
