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February 2015

February 18, 2015

50 Shades and the Limits of Cultural Engagement

As forecasted, 50 Shades of Grey is a box office hit. The film toppled a...

February 16, 2015

Screwtape Predicts Instagram

From Letter XIII: I myself would make it a rule to eradicate from my patient...

February 09, 2015

Dotage and Dawkins

Valerie Tarico is the latest to observe the spectacular decline of Richard Dawkins. She zeroes...

February 03, 2015

Measles and Mainline Protestants

Vaccination skepticism is--regardless of one's judgment about inoculation--an elemental rejection of expertise and authority structures. Hostility...

February 02, 2015

A Response to Ken Ham’s Response to Justin Taylor

Last week, The Gospel Coalition's Justin Taylor posted an article entitled, "Biblical Reasons to Doubt...

February 02, 2015

Marriage and Me

My mother and I were sitting across from each other at the dinner table, talking...

January 2015

January 27, 2015

C.S. Lewis On Why You Shouldn’t Dump Doctrine for More Friends

Kurt Willems thinks Christians should "give up" the doctrine of Hell for one simple reason:...

January 13, 2015

“Professional Cuddling” and Our Pornified Culture

At The Wall Street Journal, Stephanie Armour looks at a blossoming new industry: Cuddling. Armour...

January 09, 2015

For Blasphemy and For Evangelism

I had an older professor in Bible college who was responsible for teaching survey courses through...

January 02, 2015

Looking at Science to Find God?

First, Eric Metaxas explains at The Wall Street Journal how scientific discoveries are pointing towards...

December 2014

December 09, 2014

Is Russell Moore a “Social Liberal”?

J.D. Hall's latest hit piece on Russell Moore might be one of the dumber things you...

December 08, 2014

The Strange Oprahfication of Rob Bell

I've tried for a few days now to come up with the right word for...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

On Matthew Vines and Telling the Truth About Dissenters

In the beginning of his book God and the Gay Christian, Matthew Vines takes pains...

November 17, 2014

Could Matthew Vines Make a Case for Christian Idolatry?

That's the question that Andrew Wilson implicitly asks in his brilliant parody entitled "The Case...

November 11, 2014

To Christian Bloggers, from a Pastor’s Kid: Don’t Follow Mark Driscoll Around

Christian bloggers, please don't report on the movements of Mark Driscoll. I'll give you four...

November 06, 2014

How Porn Destroys the Education of Boys

I use the term "must-read" sparingly. Most of what is written is not worth reading,...

November 03, 2014

Why I Vote Conservative

Election Day is tomorrow for the United States. Federal and state elections will be held...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

The Christian Ideas of “The Exorcist”

William Friedkin’s The Exorcist turned 40 years old last year. Like Kubrick’s 2001, The Exorcist,...

October 24, 2014

Speaking To the Age of Fear

Are we living in a generation of fear? It’s not as simple a question as...

October 20, 2014

David Brooks On Everybody’s “2 Adams”

This morning I saw Rod Dreher highlight this speech given this month by New York...

October 19, 2014

A Hill(song) On Which to Die

The contrast is striking. Brian Houston, lead pastor of Hillsong, tells The New York Times...

October 17, 2014

Brittany Maynard, Rachel Held Evans, and Not Giving Up

The saddest thing about Brittany Maynard’s journey towards suicide is not that she is making...

October 15, 2014

Should Those Sermons Be Turned Over?

Collin Garbarino makes a Christian's case that they should: A sermon is a proclamation of...

October 14, 2014

A Texas-Sized Travesty

A constitutional disaster is unfolding in Houston, where the mayor, Annise Parker, has demanded that...

October 13, 2014

Pelvic Theology

Why do many millennials avoid church? Joel Miller ponders one reason: College students who lose...

October 08, 2014

In Defense of Christian Subculture

I grew up in the afterglow of contemporary Christian music's astonishing 90s heyday. I was...

October 07, 2014

This Was Not Democracy

Andrew Sullivan has every right to celebrate the impending national reality of same-sex marriage. This is...

October 06, 2014

Cheering Bill Maher?

If I had a dollar for every time Bill Maher got more cheers from conservatives...

October 03, 2014

Gone and Left Behind

As an intriguing case study into two ways to do Christian film criticism, observe the flip...

October 02, 2014

John Piper and “War-Time Living:” A Dissenting View

Yesterday I highlighted Michael Horton's upcoming book Ordinary. Phillip Cary gives the book four stars...