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2010-08-16T06:00:50-04:00

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Trying to make Christianity cool

Last updated on: August 16, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Twenty-something Brett McCracken is put off by what churches are doing to attract him: Increasingly, the “plan” has taken the form of a total image overhaul, where efforts are made to rebrand Christianity as hip, countercultural, relevant. As a result, in the early 2000s, we got something called “the emerging church”—a sort of postmodern stab at an evangelical reform movement. Perhaps because it was too “let’s rethink everything” radical, it fizzled quickly. But the impulse behind it—to rehabilitate Christianity’s image... Read more

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2010-08-16T05:30:04-04:00

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Superman vs. Batman

Last updated on: August 16, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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The L.A. Times did an interesting interview with comic book writer Grant Morrison. He points out the class distinction between the superheroes: GM: Superman is very bright and optimistic. It’s all the simple things. He’s of the day and of the sunlight, and Batman is the creature of the night. I’m interested in the fact that they both believe in the same kind of things. But Batman is better. He’s screwed up. That what makes him cool. Even though he’s... Read more

2010-08-16T05:15:32-04:00

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Germany’s economy is booming

Last updated on: August 16, 2010 at 5:15 am By Gene Veith

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While the rest of the world is in the economic doldrums, Germany’s economy is growing at a rate of 9%, the best it has done since unification. What is its secret? Germany has sparred with its European partners over how to respond to the financial crisis, argued with the United States over the benefits of stimulus versus austerity, and defiantly pursued its own vision of how to keep its economy strong. Statistics released Friday buttress Germany’s view that it had... Read more

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2010-08-16T05:00:51-04:00

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Operation Desert Troll

Last updated on: August 16, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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If you hear this rumor, you might welcome it, but it was planted to destablize the Afghan regime: A new web trolling campaign to spread the rumor that Afghan President Hamid Karzai has converted to Christianity was sweeping the internet on Thursday, calling on people to “exploit Islam’s hatred of all things Christian.” Web trolling involves posting inflammatory statements online to provoke reactions. Running with the title “Operation: Desert Troll,” the call to action urged readers to use tools such... Read more

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2010-08-13T06:00:43-04:00

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The decline of youth group

Last updated on: August 13, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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My first reponse: Good. The typical youth group has degenerated into lame touchy-feely, content-free, condescending, feel-good “activities.” It is an encouraging sign when teenagers stop going to those. Of course, the issue is bigger and more serious. Teenagers are dropping out of church. It may be that churches are contributing to that, via obviously shallow youth ministries. But what should churches be doing? Only about one in four teens now participate in church youth groups, considered the hallmark of involvement;... Read more

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2010-08-13T05:26:44-04:00

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French food

Last updated on: August 13, 2010 at 5:26 am By Gene Veith

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I have more to tell you about my trip to France and Germany this summer. (I lectured at John Warwick Montgomery’s International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism, and Human Rights, then stayed over to visit friends in Germany.) Today I will report on French food. I have been to some French restaurants in the USA and, frankly, was not all that impressed. They were fine, but too fancy and expensive for my taste and my social condition. But over there the... Read more

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2010-08-13T05:00:52-04:00

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UCC is going after Anne Rice

Last updated on: August 13, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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I guess this is an admission that liberal churches have quit being Christian too: The United Church of Christ is trying to get Anne Rice to join its flock after the Interview with the Vampire author announced her highly-publicized decision to “quit being Christian” this past week. Just days after Rice’s announcement, the 1.1-million member UCC launched the”You’d Like the UCC, Anne Rice” campaign on Facebook to offer support for the acclaimed author and to introduce her and others to... Read more

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2010-08-12T06:00:41-04:00

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Motherhood as vocation

Last updated on: August 12, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Did you know that Mollie Hemingway, the confessional Lutheran journalist, has a column in Christianity Today? Here are some links, going back awhile: Throwing Inkwells: Mollie Ziegler Hemingway | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction. I’m glad she has that forum. Other Christians could benefit greatly from what many Lutherans just keep to themselves. Here she is on how the doctrine of vocation can help stressed out, guilt-ridden mothers deal with “the mommy wars“: How should Christians think... Read more

2010-08-12T05:20:53-04:00

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Heinz Ketchup as Platonic ideal

Last updated on: August 12, 2010 at 5:20 am By Gene Veith

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Food writer Jane Black tries to make her own ketchup and concludes that this may be one of the few cases in which homemade falls short of the industrial brand. That is because Heinz Ketchup is the Platonic ideal (my word, not hers): Ketchup, apparently, is an exception to the everything-is-better-if-you-make-it-yourself ethos. In a 2004 piece in the New Yorker magazine, journalist Malcolm Gladwell argued that although different people have different ideas of the perfect tomato sauce (chunky, spicy or... Read more

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2010-08-12T05:00:10-04:00

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Islam losing ground to Christianity?

Last updated on: August 12, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Christianity may be declining in the West and Islam is surging, but in the world as a whole, it’s a different story. So says Ryan Mauro: It’s true that Islam (as well as atheism and universalism) is growing in the West, mostly because of high birth rates among Muslims and immigration, but the exploding growth of evangelical Christianity around the world through conversion is unreported. The analysis is distorted because of the lack of reporting from places like Africa, where... Read more

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