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2012-10-23T23:19:59-06:00

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All Hallow’s Read: Why We Should Read Scary Stories for Halloween

Last updated on: October 23, 2012 at 11:19 pm By Erin Wyble Newcomb

Erin Newcomb makes a case for the virtue, humanness, and theological richness of scary stories, and urges us to follow Neil Gaiman's advice to give a scary book to someone on Halloween. Read more

2012-10-23T13:51:20-06:00

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Is America Indispensable or The Only Hope of the Earth?

Last updated on: October 23, 2012 at 1:51 pm By Drew Dixon

If you watched last night’s debate, you may have caught some pretty bold descriptions of our nation by both our President and Governor Romney. John Piper, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, noticed and tweeted: Obama: America, the only indispensable nation. Romney: America, the hope of the earth. This does focus our prayers for them. We’ve been talking a good bit about “American exceptionalism” lately here at Christ and Pop Culture. We have discussed how America is often described... Read more

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2012-10-23T09:37:12-06:00

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The Kiddy Pool: A Case for Catechism

Last updated on: October 23, 2012 at 9:37 am By Erin Wyble Newcomb

Every week in The Kiddy Pool, Erin Newcomb confronts one of many issues that parents must deal with related to popular culture. I memorized the twenty-third Psalm and the Lord’s Prayer when I was eight years old, not as part of any official home or church-education program, but because I’d heard about them and they seemed important. What drew me to those Scriptures as a child was a vague notion of truth and beauty that today I can more clearly discern... Read more

2012-10-23T11:39:05-06:00

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Dalrymple’s Rules of Debate Interpretation

Last updated on: October 23, 2012 at 11:39 am By Jason Morehead

Our Patheos colleague Timothy Dalrymple has posted a list of ten rules regarding interpreting the results of a presidential debate. For example: 1. Television pundits, in the immediate aftermath of the debate, are the worst possible guides to understanding the debate and how it will shape the electoral landscape. It’s just another spin room, except the allegiances and antipathies, the man-crushes and job tryouts are concealed. 4. Candidates aren’t out to “win” the debate. They’re out to win the presidency. The... Read more

2012-10-23T11:49:47-06:00

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Rachel Held Evans Living Biblically?

Last updated on: October 23, 2012 at 11:49 am By Brad Williams

Editor’s Note: Brad’s thoughts here are intentionally restrained, and are only based on interviews and blog posts. We are ultimately withholding judgment until we read the book, because that’s just the fair thing to do. We do plan to have a review of the book as soon as possible. You can expect a proper review around the first week of November. We look forward to engaging with the entirety of her book! I am usually delighted when anyone begins to take the... Read more

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2012-10-22T08:33:51-06:00

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Should Nature Have the Same Rights as Humans?

Last updated on: October 22, 2012 at 8:33 am By Jason Morehead

Earlier this year, the New Zealand government bestowed the legal standing of personhood on the Whanganui River, granting it all of the same rights as a person in legal matters. This isn’t the first time that a country has done something like this: in 2008, Ecuador voted to give its rivers, forests, islands and even its air “similar legal rights to those normally granted to humans“, agreeing that “Natural communities and ecosystems possess the unalienable right to exist, flourish and evolve... Read more

2012-10-22T08:33:44-06:00

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Money Can’t Buy Happiness but It Can Give You Depression

Last updated on: October 22, 2012 at 8:33 am By Erin Straza

Wealth, however, isn’t always content to give us our rights. We may pursue it, but it promises us nothing, and oftentimes, it takes more than we expected. Read more

2012-10-22T08:33:37-06:00

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The Most Pressing Foreign Policy Issue to be Ignored in Tonight’s Debate

Last updated on: October 22, 2012 at 8:33 am By Alan Noble

What would make me happy would be both candidates taking the time to get into specifics about how they would approach the Pakistan issue. Read more

2013-04-11T21:01:00-06:00

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Becoming a Slave Again to Edifying Habits

Last updated on: April 11, 2013 at 9:01 pm By Alan Noble

Evangelicals are beginning to care less about discerning good cultural objects and care more about discerning good cultural practices. But is this trend, despite its signaling a cultural maturation, still susceptible to legalism? Read more

2012-10-19T00:40:39-06:00

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Fathers, Love Your Children, and They May have a Healthy Sex Life

Last updated on: October 19, 2012 at 12:40 am By Brad Williams

I am afraid that many evangelical Christians might read this article, “Relationship with Dad Affects Teens Sexual Behavior” and kind of be like, “Well duh!” But we shouldn’t, because studies like this are a big deal. This wasn’t done by a Christian, as far as I know, and it gives us a point of contact with the culture at large on why we are always talking about the family the way we do. But beyond the fact that a dad’s... Read more

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