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August 2014

August 29, 2014

A Thank You

This past year, and the last three months in particular, has been by far the...

August 28, 2014

More Religious Than God?

I did not watch last night's "Calvinism Debate" because, frankly, I had better things to...

August 27, 2014

Reading’s True Value

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is a rich and successful man. According to many sources he is...

August 26, 2014

Hoping While “Cast Away”

The year 2000 saw two Oscar nominated films about men who have everything taken from them...

August 21, 2014

The Decline of Dawkins

A couple of years ago I attended a lecture by Richard Dawkins while he was...

August 19, 2014

Must the Haters Hate?

I own a Taylor Swift album. That information falls under the category, “Things I tell...

August 18, 2014

Movie Review: “Boyhood”

Richard Linklater's Boyhood is an utterly unique creation. Linklater filmed it over the course of...

August 15, 2014

The Atrophy of the Evangelical Imagination

Last month Christ and Pop Culture ran an article by Jordan Monson entitled "Do Christians...

August 14, 2014

Bearing the Sword In Vain in Ferguson

For the sake of what I want to say here, I am going to assume...

August 12, 2014

Is there still a ‘conservative case for gay marriage’?

Remember Andrew Sullivan's "conservative case for gay marriage"? Years ago (longer than you might think),...

August 12, 2014

Robin Williams: 1951-2014

Do you feel like you're alone, Will? For many of us, the news of Robin Williams'...

August 11, 2014

Still Waking Up: Michael Novak, 20 Years Later

Twenty years have passed since Michael Novak delivered his Templeton Prize address, "Awakening From Nihilism."...

August 08, 2014

Whatever is lovely

I want to offer a couple of points of clarification on my post "Calvinism's Bully...

August 08, 2014

Calvinism’s bully problem

When I say I'm a Calvinist, what I mean is that my views on divine...

August 07, 2014

Dear Ann: Please Shut Up

I suppose I was holding out hope that Ann Coulter's idiotic diatribe on soccer was...

August 06, 2014

I’m glad I was homeschooled

Friend: "So where do you go to school?" Me: "I'm homeschooled." Friend: "Oh man, you're...

August 05, 2014

The commenting thread according to Proverbs

Anyone who spends just a reasonable amount of time online knows that internet comment boards...

August 05, 2014

Movie Review: “Non-Stop”

In airplane movies, there’s only so much that can happen to everyone. The traditional threats...

August 04, 2014

A word about the evangelical “persecution complex”

I'm grateful for Alan Noble and his articulate writing, which is currently giving a voice...

August 04, 2014

New Atheist fearmongering on philosophy of religion

John Loftus has added his voice to the New Atheist choir that is chortling for...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

Pause

I'll be taking an early and extended weekend away from this blog, starting today. Need...

July 30, 2014

Christianity Today says “No more” to comment sections

The editorial staff over at Christianity Today's website have said, "Farewell, blog commenters." At their best,...

July 29, 2014

Are evangelicals responsible for the ISIS persecutions? (A response to Jonathan Merritt)

Jonathan Merritt really enjoys sticking it to evangelicals. He’s had a full menu of “Gotchas”...

July 28, 2014

The NFL’s moral hypocrisy on domestic abuse, Part II

Generally, I try to avoid (and will continue to do so) posting multiple blogs on...

July 28, 2014

A Different Reality for Christians

A woman once wrote to C.S. Lewis in great distress. It appeared, she said, that...

July 25, 2014

A Tale of Two Tolerations: Josh Barro and Tony Dungy

This week we saw a stark, disturbing contrast that illustrates how the New Left is...

July 24, 2014

The NFL’s moral hypocrisy on domestic abuse

As a fan of the NFL and a defender of football against some contemporary criticisms...

July 21, 2014

Tony Dungy is not a bigot…but someone is

For those who may not know, Tony Dungy is a big name in professional football. He...

July 20, 2014

Helicopter Outrage

I've noticed two trends that are becoming lately characteristic of American culture. One is outrage....

July 20, 2014

A Critic Considered

When you think of beloved writers, writers who receive adulation and respect and even affection,...

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