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September 2010

September 13, 2010

The Objectification of "Scott Pilgrim"

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is arguably one of the most pop culture-savvy movies released...

September 09, 2010

How Should We Respond When "Christians" Misrepresent Christ in Public?

I wrote this little article for my church's newsletter this week concerning Pastor Terry Jones...

September 08, 2010

Haggling with Hawking

This Tuesday, Stephen Hawking's new book The Grand Design was released and has made some...

September 07, 2010

Cheaters Often Win but Sometimes They Get Caught

The Heisman Trophy Trust is expected to strip former University of Southern California star running...

September 07, 2010

Time to Revisit Rapture – Again

If you've played and enjoyed Bioshock 2 (that means you, Drew), you may be lamenting...

August 2010

August 31, 2010

A Parable of the Two Philip Pullmans (Philips Pullman?)

At Books & Culture, Betty Smartt Carter's "The Good Man Philip and the Scoundrel Pullman"...

August 26, 2010

Wallis v. Olasky Concluded

As I mentioned the dust-up between Jim Wallis and Marvin Olasky a little bit ago,...

August 25, 2010

Should Christians Buy Their Media Used?

Today over at foul-mouthed but entertaining and insightful video-game related web-comic, Penny Arcade, there's a...

August 25, 2010

Stem-Cell Research Goes to Court

This week Judge Royce Lamberth of the District Court for Washington, DC, issued a temporary...

August 24, 2010

"Chasing Mummies" Chasing the Wind

I’m curious as to how many of our readers watch the newish History Channel program,...

August 20, 2010

Different Politics, Same Story

I’ve always found Jim Wallis unimpressive. My first encounter came when he spoke at my...

August 19, 2010

So You Think You Hate Video Games…

In my last post, I made casual mention of the fact that video games are...

August 19, 2010

Why is pop culture?

We here at CaPC spend a lot of time talking the whos, whats, and hows...

August 17, 2010

Ministries of Mercy and Cultural Barriers

One of the surprising aspects of my (slow and only by God's Grace) growth as...

August 10, 2010

You Create Worlds

I essentially agree with the premise of this article that what makes video games such...

August 08, 2010

The Bechdel Test

I've seen several references recently to the "Bechdel Test" for movies, including one last week...

August 06, 2010

Weapons of Choice

In the most reacent issue of Collide Magazine various church/ministry leaders (across various disciplines) were...

August 05, 2010

Currently Watching

What I've been watching lately: 1) Arrested Development- I can't believe I didn't watch this...

August 04, 2010

How do you keep from making video games into idols?

I read an article today about how to help your children fight idolatry in their...

August 03, 2010

Playing God, or Playing at Something Else?

I've been playing a few of what many refer to as "god-games," these days. They...

July 2010

July 29, 2010

Behold, the New Christ and Pop Culture!

If you're reading this, you've noticed something different. Yeah, maybe you can't put your finger...

July 29, 2010

The Gaming Doctrine

In the past few months I've been writing a regular column for GameSetWatch and Gamasutra...

July 28, 2010

Is This An Overstatement?

The Death of Friendships...what do you think, hysterical panic or probably true? And is it...

July 22, 2010

You Had Me At Goodbye

Statistics Show That Romantic Comedies Ruin Relationships - I knew it!

July 20, 2010

Could There be Redemption for Mel Gibson?

July 19, 2010

The Hidden 'Inception' within Inception

Here is an interesting take on what's going on in Inception--if you haven't seen it...

July 19, 2010

Great Gatsby … the Videogame!

Who says literary classics and videogames don't go together? There is now a Great Gatsby...

July 19, 2010

The Underrated Jokester

Jon Stewart speaks about science and religion. This may surprise you.

July 16, 2010

Long Live South Vietnam

This speech was too good to pass up. Did you know that North and South...

July 16, 2010

Nothing But the Blood…

Will Smith to make Bible way better with the addition of vampires

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