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September 2014

September 30, 2014

The Great Big American Liberal God

Buried underneath endless sediment of vitriol, spite and calcified heterodoxy, Matthew Paul Turner's book Our...

September 30, 2014

Rethinking ‘Radical’

Michael Horton has an upcoming book entitled Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World....

September 29, 2014

Jonathan Merritt Should Apologize to Kevin DeYoung

This morning, progressive Christian blogger Jonathan Merritt interviewed theologian Peter Enns on the Bible and...

September 25, 2014

I Walked Out of “Guardians of the Galaxy”

I went to the movies late last night. Normally when that happens, this space contains...

September 24, 2014

A(nother) Novel Every Christian Should Consider Reading

Over at The Gospel Coalition, Justin Taylor has wrapped up his terrific series, "Novels Every...

September 23, 2014

Matt Walsh, Armond White, and the Problem of Crank Conservatives

If you are a right-leaning Christian, or are Facebook friends with people who are (I...

September 23, 2014

Christians and Clickbait

Earlier this year I wrote an op-ed for The Christian Post criticizing a Slate piece titled...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

More Religious Than God?

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

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 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 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

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 05, 2014

The commenting thread according to Proverbs

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

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...

July 2014

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

A Different Reality for Christians

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

July 20, 2014

Helicopter Outrage

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

July 16, 2014

Pope Francis, Jonathan Merritt, and Denying Reality

Jonathan Merritt’s article on Pope Francis and cultural attitudes towards Christianity reminded me of college....

July 15, 2014

The World Cup and Me

I was once again captivated by the World Cup this year, which concluded on Sunday...

July 07, 2014

Book Review: The Pastor’s Kid

“Once a PK, always a PK. It is an indelible mark.” So says Barnabas Piper...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

On Good Faith

Kevin Williamson, a writer who is quickly ascending on my list of must read pundits,...

June 19, 2014

On Bowdoin: Freedom of conscience, or just the thought of it?

"Who'd you really love? Girl I see through, through your love. Who do you...

June 18, 2014

Native Americans, the NFL, and Christian Priority

On Wednesday the US Trademark and Patent Office cancelled six registered trademarks belonging to the...

June 11, 2014

N.T. Wright on Same Sex Marriage

Are these comments suprising? Not really. Wright enjoys talking down American evangelicalism's theological categories,...

June 10, 2014

Southern Baptists: Adapt Or Die?

The Southern Baptist Convention is having its general meeting in Baltimore this week. The 160 year...