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July 2013

July 12, 2013

Going Beyond ‘Yay! It’s a Christ-Figure’

Recently I’ve adopted a new parody catchphrase that goes something like this: “Yay! It’s a...

July 12, 2013

CaPC Magazine, Issue #7: When Good Christians Make Bad Art

In this issue of CaPCMag we tackle a sore spot for many evangelicals: how Christians...

July 11, 2013

Maybe Barbie Will Blossom into a Real Girl Someday

For years now, critics have blasted Mattel’s ever-popular Barbie for her unnatural proportions—so unnatural that...

July 10, 2013

Reclaiming Questions in an Age of Skepticism: The End of Our Exploring

Humans question things all the time, but why? What's a question and how does it...

July 09, 2013

Superman: Not Just a Man, but a Just Man

"Whether or not Christians feel comfortable thinking of Superman as a Christ-figure, we can at...

July 08, 2013

Proverbs for Facebook, Twitter, and Blogs

I've been working through the Proverbs with my college students this summer and our pursuit...

July 05, 2013

How to Respond to the Gay Pride Mob Video

"When we engage unbelievers, we need to make sure we don’t offend them with our...

July 05, 2013

CaPC Playlist: Icona Pop, Gentlemen Hall, Postal Service, San Cisco, and Kanye West

Brief thoughts on songs that are on CaPC writers’ playlists. You can check out this week’s...

July 04, 2013

Submitted for Your Approval: “The Twilight Zone”’s Defense of Human Dignity

"Even though the series played on tropes familiar to the genres of science fiction, fantasy,...

July 03, 2013

On July 4th, Celebrate America, But Don’t Worship It

On July 4th, Americans will wave our flags proudly, belt out our national songs triumphantly,...

July 02, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: Taking A Slower Family Path

"Parenting often seems about helping children 'get ahead,' accruing social capital in childhood to translate...

July 01, 2013

Yeezus People: How Kanye West is the Voice of the Millennial Generation

"Part of Kanye West’s achievement is that he’s offered us a shameless, near-complete picture of...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Jesus Is an Opera Sensation

"We don't have to make Jesus into a mess like us in order to find...

June 28, 2013

Mad Men Recap 6.12 & 13: There’s a Good Man in that Homesick Monster

Mad Men Recap 6.12: "You're a Monster" The definitive image book-ending the recent Mad Men episode "The...

June 27, 2013

What Wendy Davis’s Filibuster Means for Christian Communion

What would authentic dialogue look like in the pro-life/pro-choice debate?

June 27, 2013

Booker DeWitt’s Shotgun Baptism and the Tragedy of Cheap Grace in Bioshock Infinite

If you’ve been tuned into conversations about gaming within the past few months or...

June 26, 2013

Whatever the Court Says About Marriage: Carry On

"Whatever happens, these cases are sure to be among the most anticipated, most observed, and...

June 25, 2013

Buzz-Kill Batman & the Myth of the Lone Hero

By David Dunham I can’t imagine that Batman would be very much fun at a...

June 24, 2013

When Corporations Repent: Accepting Xbox’s Mea Culpa

Immediately following the announcement of Microsoft's Xbox One, many gamers were up in arms about...

June 21, 2013

The Moviegoer: Man of Steel in Awesome, if not Guiding, Beams of Light

Each week in The Moviegoer, Nick Olson examines new and upcoming films. In Zack Snyder's Man...

June 20, 2013

Why ‘Farm Lit’ Is the Best

"Could it be that we’re hungry for some more personal kind of face-to-face interaction?"

June 19, 2013

Studios are Selling Man of Steel, But Should Churches Be Buying?

While Man of Steel producers are hoping that they've got another blockbuster on their...

June 18, 2013

The Retro-Gaming Renaissance and the Democracy of the Dead

"The past often speaks to us with a clarity and beauty that the present seems...

June 17, 2013

Patenting Genes Is Like Patenting Sunlight

"Trying to patent a portion of the human genome would be a bit like someone...

June 14, 2013

Mad Men Recap 6.10 & 11: “Be Slick, Be Glib, Be You!” But Don Has Children, Too

Mad Men Recap 6.10: "Be slick, be glib, be you!" Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Cutler...

June 13, 2013

Bordering on Chaos: Threading The Needle With Immigration Reform

Nothing brings the United States Senate together quite like larding up a farm bill with...

June 12, 2013

CaPC Mag, Issue #5: Befriending Muslims, Human Nature in Star Trek, and Much More!

This week, CaPCMag focuses on views of human nature and how they affect our world.

June 12, 2013

How Concerned Should We Be With How 14-Year-Old Girls Use Technology?

"After reading the Huffington Post piece, your first reaction might be to scoff at Casey's...

June 11, 2013

Oswalt’s Revenge: Sammy Rhodes And The Dangers Of Self-Promotion

"Both Oswalt and Rhodes showed a part of their own fears and insecurities on Twitter;...

June 11, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: Will Smith And His Family Are Superheroes. What’s Your Family Metaphor?

"Our families define us, and we define them, mapping out a microcosm of our vision...

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