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February 2014

February 24, 2014

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February 19, 2014

Downton Abbey: People Talk

Downton Abbey shows the ways in which our careful and sensitive use of our words...

February 19, 2014

Walking with the Dead: Living on Borrowed Faith

Sometimes we need to live on borrowed faith.

February 18, 2014

ABCFamily’s “The Fosters” and the Power of Adoption

In a world where belonging so often depends on bloodlines, nationality, or economics, God uses...

February 17, 2014

On the Anniversary of His Execution, What Can We Learn From the “First Martyr of Science”

On February 17th, 1600 A.D., Giordano Bruno, a Dominican priest, philosopher, and mathematician, was condemned...

February 14, 2014

How The Lego Movie Helped Me Overcome Fantastical Disappointment

I was disappointed in The LEGO Movie reveal because, at times, I'm disappointed in myself.

February 13, 2014

History, Christian Scholarship, and Learning to Re-embrace Our Missionary Past

"Christian honesty requires facing both the bad and the good, the sin and the grace...

February 13, 2014

Tim Tebow Can Do All Things Through Christ, So He Should Quit

Tim Tebow is missing a golden opportunity that he may not have yet considered.

February 12, 2014

‘Alone Yet Not Alone’ and the Racial Tone-Deafness of Conservative America

The impulse from the Right to “set the record straight” and portray America’s settlers as...

February 10, 2014

Ones and Zeros: A Reflection on Spike Jonze’s HER

How often, in the name of love, do we try to re-create other people in...

February 10, 2014

Living with Longing: The Genuine Challenge of Singleness, Chastity, and Heartbreak

God gave us the gift of marriage and family as a foundation for service, not...

February 07, 2014

During the Olympics, Russian Christians Work for Reform and Revival

If the Sochi Games are the hallmark of a corrupt government led by a tyrannical...

February 06, 2014

Science: It’s Worth Doing Badly

Even in the absence of scientific breakthroughs, even when the specter of failure is imminent–...

February 05, 2014

The Surprising Parenting Problems of Unlimited Screen Time

I’ve been disheartened by the judgments I’ve lorded over my children, even if only in...

February 04, 2014

What They Want Us to Believe: Our Takes on the Most Noteworthy Super Bowl Commercials

None of these commercials are telling the whole truth, but some of them are telling...

February 04, 2014

Donald Miller and the Myth of Isolated Worship

"Worship is not about me, my feelings, my learning needs, or even those around me:...

February 03, 2014

Mike Huckabee, Helpless Women, and Straw Men

Straw man arguments like Huckabee's are easy to knock down, but they are ineffective at...

February 03, 2014

What I Learned From Philip Seymour Hoffman

by Alissa Wilkinson The great actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead yesterday of a...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

Is the Proper Christian Response to the Grammys to Walk Out?

Grant’s decision to leave, and her decision to post on Facebook about it, were probably...

January 30, 2014

Do You Struggle with Sports Idolatry? Cultivate Sports Atheism

If you find yourself squirming in your most-devoted-fan seat just a bit, there is hope....

January 30, 2014

Listening Closely to Wolf of Wall Street: Music as a Moral Clue in the Films of Martin Scorsese

Scorsese has left us clues in Wolf of Wall Street and his other “irredeemable” films...

January 29, 2014

Boycotting For Sport: Why The Olympics Must Go On

True nobility in sports appears when enemies come together, not when they separate.

January 28, 2014

A Decade of Wardrobe Malfunctions: Social Media and Pseudo-Adulthood

The ubiquity of social media today, unlike the time of Timberlake’s gaffe, is that all...

January 27, 2014

The Big Chop: A Theology of Natural Hair

By "big chopping," Mowry became the latest high-profile woman to join the natural hair movement...

January 24, 2014

Hip Hop Out of Nothing: A Disenfranchised Community’s Word-Wrought Empowerment

Instead of hearing all rap lyrics as individual boasts, let's open our ears to the...

January 24, 2014

Virtual Choices, Real Effects: The Impact of Our Hyperlink Trail

"A world of information at our fingertips seems to offer endless alternatives, an illusion ultimately...

January 23, 2014

Kyrie Irving as Uncle Drew, Grant Hill as Uncle Tom: The Problematic Myth of the “Authentic” Black Experience

Kyrie Irving serves as a reminder that the adjective “authentic” is always a poor supplement...

January 22, 2014

How “Happy Days” Made Me (Horrible)

We went for a hike, alone. I felt pretty good about it--very cool and in...

January 20, 2014

Spectacularly Trivialized: Teen Mom 2 and Abortion as Entertainment

"Converting these women’s formative experiences into entertainment for public consumption is irresponsible; adding abortion to...

January 20, 2014

My Son’s Martin Luther King Day Question: “Daddy, Can We Teach the Bad Guys Goodness?”

My five-year-old recently reminded me, quite emphatically, that he didn't have school on Monday...

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