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February 2014

February 21, 2014

CAPC Podcast #4: Hot Pockets, Steven Furtick’s Elevation Church, The Beats Music App

Listen here. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we discuss a wide range of topics and provide the kind...

February 20, 2014

Authenticating Ourselves to Death

"I don't think Holden Caulfield would get out of bed in 2014, I really don't."

February 18, 2014

Olympic Metaphors and Marriage

When we choose other metaphors over Christ and His Bride, we diminish the mystery of...

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 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 05, 2014

I Watched the #CreationDebate and it Kind of Bummed Me Out

God made the universe out of nothing. He may have done it in six literal...

February 04, 2014

The Kiddy Pool: If a Pony Neighs in the Forest

Life and death are in our tongues, so let us speak words of life and...

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

It’s #ManCrushMonday: Can We Redeem Even the Shallowest of Hashtags?

Sure, the guy and girl tagging is shallow and lustful. But can believers come up...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

The Kiddy Pool: Marathon Mama

On running and mothering and grace above all.

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

Ask Uncle Brad: The Persecution Complex, The Snapchat Ghost, and Charity

How do I deal with persecution complex? Why is the Snapchat logo a ghost? Should...

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 22, 2014

Flowers in the Attic and the Allure of the Dark

"I am grateful for God’s story that captured me away from both the saccharine sweet...

January 21, 2014

#Instagrown: In an Age of Instantaneous Everything, What Happens to Adolescent Yearning?

Teenagers are often labeled as easily distracted cowards who hide from face to face interaction...

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...

January 17, 2014

Brain Death and Dialogue: What Two News Stories Can Teach Us about Responding with Grace

How might Christians better respond when news is confusing in controversial, emotionally challenging issues with...

January 17, 2014

Ask Uncle Brad: “My Dad is a Culture Warrior” (Plus: Daniel Diet, Correcting the Internet)

"When your dad goes into full-on culture warrior mode, he signs you up for the...

January 16, 2014

How the Church Resegregated Schools in the South

We like to imagine that segregation is ancient history. Tyler Glodjo reminds us it's not.

January 15, 2014

Marijuana Legalization in Black and White: The Racial Cost of the Status Quo

While it may seem quite simple that Christians should be against legalization, are we willing...

January 15, 2014

How I Changed My Mind About Abortion

Number 3 in our CaPCMag Countdown: Julia Herrington has a remarkable change of heart.

January 14, 2014

Beware the Frozen Heart

A Disney story set in the snow can help thaw a girl's heart.

January 13, 2014

The Hidden Craze Over Mein Kampf

What we read in our Kindles may reveal what we hide in our hearts.

January 10, 2014

Ask Uncle Brad: Why You Should Definitely “Ask Uncle Brad”

"Honestly, the only reason I'm still writing for Christ and Pop Culture is because I...

January 08, 2014

Manliness Reconsidered

Number 8: Amongst fervent evangelical debate about "manliness," Ben Barltett offers a measured and biblical...

January 07, 2014

Bill Nye vs. Ken Ham: Continuing Our Long American Tradition of Spectacle and Culture War

"we have a new "trial of the century" with two culture war celebrities who are...

January 06, 2014

How Christ and Pop Culture Serves the Church

"Our desire is to edify the Church and witness to the world through thoughtful, biblical,...

January 06, 2014

Is Apple’s 12 Days of Gifts Blurring Our Vision of Epiphany?

Apple's holiday promotion provides Christians with a unique opportunity to consider how the blending of...

January 06, 2014

Cruising on a Sea of White Privilege

#10 in our Top #CaPCMag Features of 2013: an attempt to escape toil only makes...

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