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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
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
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
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
Central Illinois School Shooting: A Case Study of Despair in the Youth Culture
The September 7th School shooting in Normal, Illinois had the potential to be much worse than it was. Nobody was physically harmed, only three shots were fired and the evacuation plan went as smooth as it possibly could. But it was certainly not a smooth morning. According to the Huffington Post, “the gunman walked to … Continue reading
Is Capitalism a Lost Cause?
Capitalism in America and most of the civilized western world (but particularly in America) is driven by “the profit imperative” (i.e. “greed”). On the Gospel Coalition this week, Dr. Greg Forster expounded on a very positive trend among theologically-driven evangelicals to deconstruct the validity of the politics typically associated with them. Forster’s assessment of the shenanigans … Continue reading
How Did It Get To This? *Why* Chick-Fil-A Day Happened.
As most of us are aware, yesterday, at the prompting of a conservative politician, American Christians (and social conservatives) waited in line for hours to eat at Chick-Fil-A. It was supposed to be some sort of “buycott” to get back at the Mayors of Boston & Chicago and all of those darn liberals who “opposed … Continue reading
On Michael Horton’s | 5 Myths about Reformed Theology
Michael Horton seems to have become the recent spokesperson for Reformed Theology, and I am quite happy about that. Horton doesn’t come off as an angry Calvinist and dialogues well with those outside of his own dogmatics. His writing serves as a good jump off point to understand the system of Reformed Theology, humanizing and … Continue reading
