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January 2014

January 16, 2014

Culture Warriors Crying Wolf

When we are so quick to jump into battle, without carefully researching and learning the...

January 16, 2014

Downton Abbey: Things We’ve Lost

Warning: This article contains spoilers about the second episode of Downton Abbey’s fourth season. Each week, a...

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 14, 2014

The Kiddy Pool: Teaching Good Taste

"A steady diet of highly-processed, mass-produced junk food dulls the palate until we don’t really...

January 14, 2014

Beware the Frozen Heart

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

January 14, 2014

The Body of Christ, the Balloons of Salvation: On Christian Balloon Twisting

Number 4: Balloon twisting for Jesus is an easy topic for mockery, but Martyn Jones...

January 13, 2014

The Hidden Craze Over Mein Kampf

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

January 13, 2014

A Life of Two Stories: An Interview with Joshua Kemble

Number 5: Alan Noble interviews graphic novelist Joshua Kemble about his conversion, his art, and...

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 10, 2014

Persecution Continues: Political Reform in Myanmar May Not Be The Progress We Think It Is

Not everyone sees Myanmar president, Thein Sein's, release of political prisoners as progress. While political...

January 10, 2014

Jennifer Knapp and the Long Road Back

Number 6: Addie Zierman describes her journey from the center of Christian Culture to outskirts...

January 09, 2014

Eulogy for a Video Game Box Artist

"His artwork ignited my creativity and inspired my love for visual art and art history....

January 09, 2014

Downton Abbey: A Job Well Done

"To me, one of the most compelling themes throughout the series’ four-year run has always...

January 09, 2014

Christmas, in Four Movies

Number 7: We experience traditions through the stories we tell each other. D.L. Mayfield reflects...

January 08, 2014

The Violence of Fantasy Football

"It is essentially competitive predictive math, and it doesn’t even require that you watch actual...

January 08, 2014

Manliness Reconsidered

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

January 07, 2014

The Kiddy Pool: Reading The Dark as Children of the Light

A child's story of darkness and how it illuminates our fears.

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 07, 2014

Noskalgia: A Sobering Reunion With Five Iron Frenzy

#9 in our Top #CaPCMag Features of 2013: A Five Iron Frenzy reunion tour concert...

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

Pajama Boy is Everything That’s Wrong with American Manhood! (and Other Misconceptions)

How did an ad for Obamacare mutate into a debate over masculinity?

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...

January 03, 2014

1. Breaking Bad: “Implicating the Rest of Us in His Fall” #CaPC25