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March 2013

March 12, 2013

Podcast #114: Drones, Filibusters, and Duck Dynasty

Christ and Pop Culture editors Drew Dixon and Brad Williams discuss Drones and Filibusters and...

March 06, 2013

Dow Jones Hits Record High! Politicians Worry about Economy

Facebook is where Chicken Little lives. Each day, I am bombarded with messages about the...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

I Am Not Abraham’s Mistake

Arabs are not the result of Abraham's mistake: Derek Rishmawy explains how popular evangelical theology...

February 25, 2013

The Next Pope Should be a Protestant (No, Not Really)

Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will relinquish his office at the end of February, an...

February 21, 2013

Contraceptive Mandate: Accommodating the Accommodation

The Obama administration recently announced an accommodation of their contraceptive mandate accommodation under the Affordable...

February 20, 2013

The F-Word: Why Feminism Is Not the Enemy

Foundationally, feminism is something we can, and should, get behind.

February 19, 2013

Podcast #111: Exploring House of Cards (Plus: Are Introverts Being Persecuted?)

Every Tuesday, various Christ and Pop Culture writers delve deeper into recent articles and address...

February 13, 2013

The State of the Union: Ruled by Honest Fakes

The President's speech last night might well have been constructed from the cutting room floor...

February 12, 2013

No veggies for you, says the government

Remember that dystopian novel we read in high school? The one where humans were barred...

February 12, 2013

Podcast #110: Athletes for Jesus (Plus the actual Superbowl and Welfare)

Every week, various Christ and Pop Culture writers delve deeper into recent articles and address...

February 08, 2013

Keeping the Science Accurate (AKA why Kevin Swanson is wrong about little corpses)

One of the bigger conversations involved in the Pro-Life movement is that of the nature...

February 06, 2013

A Marriage Ink Blot

As the Supreme Court prepares to here DOMA and Prop 8 challenges this March, we...

February 04, 2013

Immigration Reform and the Christian Welcome Wagon

"Here's to Christians being at the forefront of the welcome wagon and taking our cue...

February 04, 2013

Virginia’s Gerrymandering Violates the Golden Rule in Politics

"'Do unto others' includes imposing rules on others that you would have them impose on...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

Unjust Laws: MLK and Contraceptive Mandates

Last week, in the guise of celebrating one man's legacy, the nation took a day...

January 29, 2013

Women in Combat: We Will Lose This Fight. Let’s Lose For the Right Reasons

It was the summer of 1993, and I remember it like yesterday. I was an...

January 25, 2013

Sex-Trafficking, Evangelical “Colonialism”, and the Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit

In preparing to teach my students about Jesus' hard saying about the "blasphemy against the...

January 24, 2013

The “Gamification” of Education?

A few years ago, the Freakonomics blog interviewed Joel Rose, the founder of School of One,...

January 24, 2013

Be Fruitful and Multiply and Frack the Earth

Fracking - hydraulic fracturing of shale to extract the oil trapped therein - looks like...

January 22, 2013

Jane Roe Is Not Our Trophy

After years as an abortion activist, Norma McCorvey (the Roe in Roe v. Wade) befriended...

January 22, 2013

We Can’t Pay Bills with Monopoly Money

Ah, debt, our old friend and comforter in times of need. Who among us has...

January 21, 2013

MLK Day: The Dream is Not A Reality

While we celebrate the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr, the church in...

January 18, 2013

The Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theory and Why it Matters

It wasn't long after the Sandy Hook tragedy that I started seeing images and videos...

January 18, 2013

Civil Discussion: Obama’s Gun Initiative and the NRA’s Cold, Dead Hands

"As the resident gun-toting redneck sort, I feel certain that I will add something worthwhile...

January 11, 2013

It’s Time To Abolish the Inaugural Prayer

Here in the Deep South, there used to be a long-standing tradition of prayer in...

January 10, 2013

A Dubious Review of Matt Damon’s New Film about Fracking

Washington Times writer Joy Overbeck lambasted Matt Damon's new film, The Promised Land, as little more than...

January 04, 2013

Civil Discussion: Fiscal Cliff Diving and the Loss of 50 Precious Dollars a Month

"Your loss of $7 beers might prevent a senior citizen’s benefits from being cut. Kinda...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

Does Russia Truly Care for the Fatherless?

Russia is one of the primary sources for international adoptions for U.S. families. In the...

December 17, 2012

How do you Choose Public Policy? Sandy Hook, Gun Control, and Pragmatism

I worry that we don't support policies based on how they will bless us and...

December 03, 2012

Football without a Prayer: Why Pre-Football Piety is a Bad Idea

How should Christians respond to attacks on pre-game prayers by groups like the Freedom from...

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