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July 2013

July 15, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Christian Reflection on Birth Defects

Just over a year ago, my cousin, musician and blogger Heather King, learned she was...

July 15, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Progress and Materialism–The Hopeless Adventure

A curious thing happens when two atheists realize that man worships himself and that knowledge...

July 15, 2013

Herman Bavinck and Our Selfish Obsession with Authenticity

Authenticity must be more than a mask for selfish ambition.

July 12, 2013

Breaking News: ‘Faith-Based’ Films Take On Hollywood

So Rick Santorum wants to help make spiritual-type movies, yet good ones. Where have we...

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

The Science Behind Effectively Sharing Your Faith

"The ultimate apologetic is the combination of our relationship with God and our relationships with...

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

Virgin Tales and the Romance Prosperity Gospel

If these guys are so interested in purity, why can't they keep their own message...

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

You Keep Your Concealer and I’ll Keep My Freckles

"It's almost too easy to buy into the culture's slanted view of beauty, believing that...

July 09, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: Andrew Solomon’s ‘Far From the Tree’

"The challenge, it seems, is learning to love our children for who they are, for...

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 08, 2013

The Day the Pastor Went Berserk

Why would a pastor humiliate his own members during worship? And why would the video...

July 05, 2013

Elsewhere: Bringing the Tatooine Sky to Earth

Have you ever wondered what the sky would look like if our moon were larger?...

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

ELSEWHERE: Terry Eagleton Reflects on American Sincerity

This week, Terry Eagleton joined a proud and storied tradition of European intellectuals by rhapsodizing...

July 03, 2013

ELSEWHERE: What Do Peter And Cornelius Really Tell Us About Gay Marriage?

Last week, Rachel Held Evans posted a piece on CNN about religious convictions, especially related...

July 03, 2013

Independence Day Staple, the “1812 Overture” is a Story of God’s Sovereignty Over Human History

"The 1812 Overture then, is not a story of American patriotism and triumph but the...

July 02, 2013

Why Does Science Fiction Invent So Many Foreign Gods?

"Flannery O’Connor famously asserted that the American South in which she lived was Christ-haunted; science...

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

Why Christians are Concerned About DOMA: Two Valid Reasons, Two Not-So-Much

A great many Christians are dismayed with the recent SCOTUS decisions regarding gay marriage....

June 2013

June 28, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Women can be Win Bread?!?!?

Gender. Ah, that unforgettable topic. Gender never stops being controversial, especially when it comes to...

June 28, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Artists Continue Pushing The Boundaries Of What It Means To Be Human

Back in 2011, I wrote a piece about Marion Laval-Jeantet, a French artist who injected herself...

June 26, 2013

CaPC Magazine, Issue #6: The DOMA, The Questions We Ignore About Technology, and More!

This week, CaPCMag is all about controversy. We delve into the stuff that divides us...

June 25, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: Only Children Are Lonely and Selfish (Just Like the Rest of Us)

"I think sometimes in the rhetoric about how many children we (or better yet, other...

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 21, 2013

ELSEWHERE Does The Military Need To Wage War On Porn?

The U.S. military's growing sexual assault scandal has grown increasingly grim in recent months and...

June 21, 2013

What Luther can Teach us about Forced Fatherhood

"Women’s rights advocates have labored hard to make motherhood a “voluntary condition” . . ....

June 20, 2013

Exodus International President’s Apology Represents a Hopeful Opportunity For the Church

Throughout its thirty-seven years of operation, Exodus International has been infamous for championing the Christian...

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