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July 2012

July 16, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Meriting Our Daily Bread

"The money I receive as payment for work is a blessing from God, an act...

July 13, 2012

Not Fit for Dinner: Think Twice Before Heading West

"But we have to question if it is fair for West to accuse Obama of...

July 13, 2012

Sacred Space: Is Arizona Persecuting Home Bible Studies?

"If you want to reach your neighbor for Christ, blocking his driveway twice a week...

July 13, 2012

The Moviegoer: Spider-Man’s Amazing, but is he Good?

This is a high schooler who is still haunted by the sudden abandonment of his...

July 12, 2012

Under the Sun: Patriotism Inside the American Church

Is this seemingly inextricable connection between patriotism and worship something old or new?

July 12, 2012

God and Country Music: An Introduction to Country Music & Five-Dollar Albums

For the non-Country fan, it would be helpful to know a few basic things about...

July 12, 2012

Grace Notes: Music To Help You Survive The Summer

Four albums that will help you make it through this oppressively hot summer.

July 11, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: Is Cornerstone's Last Year the End of an Era?

"We have been called into a new mission field as artists, critics, and music-lovers: the...

July 11, 2012

What Memes Mean: Why Memes Are Important (Part 2)

"Each meme we share, whether intentionally or ironically, is at another vote for what Internet...

July 11, 2012

The Holy Huddle: Disunity at the Olympic Trials

"Attitudes that breed disunity have no place within the Christian community."

July 09, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Waiting on Faith and a Fictional Goose

"So much of church liturgy is about waiting, and my toddler is practicing with more...

July 06, 2012

Not Fit for Dinner: Staying Informed—and Sane—During Election Season

"Americans who have tuned out politics can continue doing so only to their own detriment."

July 06, 2012

Sacred Space: Towards Freedom of Religion, for Everyone

"If you only believe in the freedom of religion for yourself and those who think...

July 05, 2012

Mixed Signals: Jedi Mind Tricks of Advertising Really Do Work

Truly good advertising works so well that people don’t even realize what hit them.

July 04, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: Songs from the Whirlwind

"Rhythm and Repose is a good go-to album for wretched times since it admits things...

July 04, 2012

The Holy Huddle: Football, Playoffs, and Fairness

"A four-team playoff is a good step toward fair, but not the leap that fans...

July 04, 2012

The Female Gaze: A Time for Justice

"What kind of a nation are we if we cannot protect our own?"

July 02, 2012

The Moviegoer: "Moonrise Kingdom" and the Covenant Ties that Bind

"'Moonrise Kingdom' mirrors the Noah story in that the floods of judgment bring about re-creation,...

July 02, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Having It All…Or Not

"It is still anathema is this culture -- where 'having it all' gets defined by...

June 2012

June 29, 2012

Not Fit for Dinner: Consuming News Carefully and Critically

"For Christians, careful consumption of news is also a way to continue their tradition of...

June 28, 2012

Grace Notes: Mono, Brother Sun, Sister Moon, Damien Jurado

Japan's Mono brings the post-apocalyptic noise; Brother Sun, Sister Moon wraps you in nostalgia; and...

June 28, 2012

Under the Sun: Depoliticizing the Pulpit

"These historical complications do not on their own invalidate Olasky and Piper’s position. They do,...

June 28, 2012

Mixed Signals: Your Life as a PR Campaign

"Instead of living life for the joy of living it, we set up moments that...

June 27, 2012

What Memes Mean: Why Memes Are Important (Part 1)

"The memes that fascinate us reveal much about our passions and our values, what we...

June 27, 2012

Music at Mars Hill: The Welcome Wagon's Precious Remedies of Healing and Reconciliation

"They aren't afraid of making music that exists entirely outside the context of Sunday mornings—even...

June 26, 2012

God and Country Music: Why White Kids Are Eating Up Hip-Hop and Country Music

"My hope is for the American church to look deep into their traditions and subsequently...

June 25, 2012

The Moviegoer: The Girl with the Bear of a Problem

"What makes Brave satisfying is that it ultimately supports Merida's quest for individuation, while also...

June 25, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Karen Klein, Jerry Sandusky, and Redemption

I don’t know what kind of redemption is possible for any of the players in...

June 25, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Why Christians Should Read Disturbing, Dark, and Secular Fiction

"Sometimes we have to read hard, ugly, offensive, depressing things to understand our world, and...

June 22, 2012

The Televangelist: The Angelic Ambiguity of "Haibane Renmei"

"If you've grown tired of 'typical' anime fare, then 'Haibane Renmei' might just represent a...

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