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November 15, 2012

Navigating a Complex Middle East Situation in the Midst of Assassination

Today, Israel forces assassinated Hamas military chief Ahmed al-Jaabari in Gaza City, the first assassination...

November 14, 2012

Good OK-Drama: Queen In Hyun’s Man

Grief is a hard thing. Hard to experience. Hard to convey. Hard to empathize with...

November 14, 2012

Dads: The New Video Game Heroes

"How interesting would it be if video games turn out to be tools that challenge...

November 13, 2012

Sufjan Stevens breathes some fresh air into Christmas music with “Silver & Gold”

"By turns silly and serious, reverent and irreverent, traditional and experimental, Sufjan's Christmas music handily...

November 13, 2012

Rod Dreher: “Apocalypticism is a narcotic among millions of American Christians”

Rod Dreher responds to a Texas megachurch pastors' comments regarding Obama and the Antichrist.

November 13, 2012

Dad Vs. Zombie

"It’s telling how much these games recognize the power of fatherly love and the sacrificial...

November 12, 2012

Mixed Signals: Orange Juice Is Good But Not Omniscient

Mixed Signals is Erin Straza’s musing about marketing miscellany in advertising, branding, and messaging. Some...

November 12, 2012

The Next Archbishop of Canterbury is an oil executive. And maybe that’s a good thing.

Justin Welby, The next leader of the Church of England has a strange resume. Having...

November 09, 2012

Are Your Friends to Blame for Your Bad Choices?

Good news! If you are in debt or overweight, you can now blame your friends....

November 09, 2012

Frequently Searched Questions: Technology is an Edged Weapon

The following are actual search terms people typed into Google (Yahoo?) which directed them to...

November 08, 2012

Nick Olson on the False Hope of Cryonics

"Olson's article ought to give us pause to reflect on how we often think about...

November 08, 2012

Revamping the Republican Message

Writing for Fox News, Dr. Manny Alvarez wrote an open letter to his fellow Republicans calling...

November 07, 2012

Time to Reject Legislative Obstructionism

Both parties agreed that yesterday's presidential election would determine more than just which candidate won....

November 07, 2012

How We Honor Our President

Monday afternoon, I challenged Christians with the following words: I hope you vote wisely and...

November 07, 2012

10 Ways to Detox from the Election

It's Wednesday morning, and Mitt Romney has conceded the election to President Barack Obama. That...

November 07, 2012

The Paralysis of Having Too Many Cultural Choices

Dorian Lynskey asks "Does manically devouring as much culture as possible make me a better...

November 06, 2012

My Children Would Have Voted for Obama

I have utterly failed as a conservative leaning dude, but I think I may have...

November 06, 2012

Florida Proves Higher Education Is No Longer about Learning

In Florida, legislation is about to hit the state floor proposing that college majors that...

November 06, 2012

Preserving Tanzanian Music: A Christian Duty

Last week, NPR ran a fascinating story about a radio station in Tanzania. Radio Tanzania...

November 06, 2012

The Mind of a Pedophile

You don't want to read this article, but you really must. I am a pastor,...

November 05, 2012

Voices Without a Vote and Political Idolatry

"I hope you vote wisely and thoughtfully tomorrow, but please, don't buy into the idolatrous...

November 05, 2012

On the Eve of the 2012 Presidential Election

"Here's hoping we'll give some thought as to how we've behaved this election season and...

November 05, 2012

The Forgotten War to the South

A few weeks ago, right before the Foreign Policy Presidential Debate, I made the case...

November 05, 2012

How Crowd Funding Mimics the Early Church

"Perhaps crowd funding could be the means by which the Church in our day could...

November 05, 2012

Blurring the Lines Between Video Games and Reality May Not Always Be a Bad Thing

"As video games grow ever deeper in their verisimilitude, the lines between what is 'virtual'...

November 02, 2012

The Pro-Family Irony of Dan Savage

Recently The Atlantic did a write up on Dan Savage, one of America’s most influential...

November 02, 2012

Frequently Searched Questions: I’m so Afraid of a Romney Presidency

The following are actual search terms people typed into Google (Yahoo?) which directed them to...

November 01, 2012

It’s Not the Economy, Stupid: Why I Think a Civil Rights Issue Will Determine the Election

There is a lot of talk about the economy in this election. It overshadowed the...

November 01, 2012

Mixed Signals: War Child PSA Turns Bullets into Crayons

Communication is plentiful today. Messages arrive via other people, e-mail, radio, TV, mobile devices, mail,...

November 01, 2012

The Hermeneutic Failure that Is Making Leprosy Hard to Kill

It is safe to say that when most people think of the biblical commands to...

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