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October 2013

October 31, 2013

NBC’s ‘Dracula’ Defangs Sin

On Friday, October 24, NBC premiered its new series Dracula, starring British actor Jonathan Rhys...

October 31, 2013

This Halloween, Read a Scary Story and Embrace Inscrutability

If your sense of myth has atrophied, a ghastly tale may help you to come...

October 30, 2013

Fear’s Great Revelation

Perhaps our deepest modern fear is the collapse of society, but if recent films and...

October 29, 2013

Why We Confuse The Onion for the News

What can we do to avoid making decisions affected by our biases?

October 29, 2013

God and Country Music: Stories and Reformation in Outlaw Country

Nick Rynerson finds commonalities between the stories of Christianity and Outlaw Country.

October 28, 2013

Why I Raised My Voice (and Encouraged Other Asian Americans to Do the Same)

Helen Lee explains why she helped to write and publish an open letter to the...

October 25, 2013

“God’s Not Dead,” But this Trope Is

"These stories comprise a popular evangelical trope and reveal a collective fantasy we have of...

October 24, 2013

Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 6: Those Complicated Companions

D.L. Mayfield offers up a completely subjective recap of Dr. Who companions.

October 23, 2013

How To Avoid Christian Celebrity Derangement Syndrome: Dealing Fairly With Evans, Driscoll and Piper

"Evans, Driscoll and Piper are among the select group of people that we're beginning to...

October 22, 2013

God and Country Music: Shovels & Rope’s Punk-Rock, Incidental Spirituality

"Regardless of the intention behind Shovels & Rope’s spiritual aesthetics, they are present throughout."

October 21, 2013

Want to Love Your Neighbor? Read Fiction.

" In literature, through a subtle mystery, we become other people while remaining ourselves."

October 21, 2013

Can You Tweet Your Way to Immortality?

"Any form of immortality which cannot account for the totality of existence, and which can't...

October 18, 2013

The Problem with Social Media According to ‘Fahrenheit 451’

"The best books -- like the best music or television or movies or comics or...

October 17, 2013

College Football is Not The Breakfast Club: The False Innocence of Unpaid Players

Guest contributor, Ryan Masters, considers why college football is so well known for corruption, and...

October 16, 2013

It’s World Food Day! Do You Know What It Means to Be Hungry?

"What can we do, in our little corners of the world, to aid in the...

October 16, 2013

Taken for Granted: Why the Church Must Acknowledge Illness

"It's tempting to think of our physical state as secondary to our spiritual state, but...

October 15, 2013

Living the Epic Drama In Short Stories

"While Christians ought to remember that their lives participate in the grand "novel" of redemption,...

October 14, 2013

Should We Be Offended by a Sacrilegious Hamburger?

To what extent should Christians be offended by sacrilege?

October 11, 2013

Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 4: The Trip of a Lifetime

Fans fall in love with 'Doctor Who' for a reason greater than its creatures, battles,...

October 10, 2013

The Moviegoer: Lost in the Cosmos, a Review of Gravity

In Gravity, we're invited to entertain the prospect of being lost in the cosmos.

October 09, 2013

Duck Dynasty: A Biblical Sex-Saturated Reality TV Show

"Sure, it’s no Big Brother or Jersey Shore, but Phil Robertson, head of the Duck...

October 08, 2013

Three Themes to Consider While Watching ‘The Legend of Korra’

Taking note of three themes to consider while watching the new season, and some of...

October 07, 2013

Free Will Is Real, But Not so Simple

"Baumeister affirms the common sense view of free will, while also attempting to show there...

October 05, 2013

What the D.C. Chase Has to Do With How We Act in Church Tomorrow

"There are, no doubt, some political moves that can ameliorate the problem, but the Church...

October 04, 2013

‘It Matters Who You Are’: Character and Character Formation in ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’

"On a more substantive level, however, many of Whedon’s favorite themes are also present, and...

October 03, 2013

Pope Francis: From “Yay!” to “Uh..” in Record Time

The Pope's high profile remarks teach us that there is a reason we remain a...

October 02, 2013

Consuming with Clear Eyes: Why Cultural Discernment Is up to You

"Our goal is to equip you for the task of cultural discernment, not necessarily to...

October 02, 2013

How CHVRCHES Fell Victim to the Hype Machine

"Hype is an ever-present feature of music these days, and CHVRCHES have certainly put it...

October 01, 2013

Love Your Neighbor As Your Opponent: Why the Government Shuts Down When We Shut Each Other Out

"Like a husband and wife constantly on the lookout for signs of offense in the...

October 01, 2013

The Breaking Bad Finale: Walter White’s Do-It-Yourself Project

"It would be a mistake to assume that any good that comes from the final...

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