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September 2026

September 21, 2026

Learning Devotion and Discipline: A Brief Analysis of James

"What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war...

July 2026

July 20, 2026

Beginning an Ending Analysis of Linkin Park’s “In The End”

This article takes a sociological deconstruction of a prolific track by the Nu-Metal/Alternative Rock band...

July 13, 2026

Simulating Pop Culture: Elevation Rhythm’s Narrative Style

"He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot; you will...

July 06, 2026

Three Ways Christian News Talks, and Why It Matters

“Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my...

July 01, 2026

Trying To Make Heads of Tales in Kendrick Lamar’s “Prayer”

“I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before...

May 2026

May 18, 2026

Pop conversion and Heavy theology: Expressing Christianity

Most of the time, it may look like the articles are a rehash of older...

March 2026

March 29, 2026

Want To Be King For A Day? Learning From The Thompson Twins

"The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:...

March 21, 2026

A Faithful, Killer Roundhouse Kick! Remembering Chuck Norris

“When Chuck Norris arrived at the gates of Heaven, St. Peter showed his ID to...

March 08, 2026

Good news! God made me funky! Headhunters and Jamiroquoi

"And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:19). Reading pop music through a theomusicological lens might seem a bit difficult....

February 2026

February 14, 2026

Bad Bunny or Kid Rock?: Evangelism At The “Big Game” Show

As one invested in musicology/theomusicology as a discursive practice to understand and escalate a credible...

January 2026

January 02, 2026

Managing Things Differently: Living Christianity In Culture

“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction,...

November 2025

November 20, 2025

When You Think You Know Someone, A Testimony By Alice Cooper

Any kid in the 1970s knew what song to sing when the end of the...

October 2025

October 28, 2025

Love By The Numbers: The Black Eyed Peas And Classified

The inconsistency of the current socio-political climate keeps the populist in check with baited breath...

October 21, 2025

“There Is A King:” A Need To Read Babylon Contemporarily

This article takes a socio-religious, faith-based, Christian reading of the "No Kings" events on Saturday,...

September 2025

September 22, 2025

Alternative Meanings: Biffy Clyro’s Socio-Religious Reading

Alternative music was first used in 1979 by Terry Tonkin, a music clerk and writer...

July 2025

July 28, 2025

Silence In The Dark: Exploring the Faith of Ozzy Osborne

Based on the news from today, Tuesday, July 22, the passing of the legend Ozzy...

May 2025

May 02, 2025

Are Prince and Sinead O’Connor Right? National Day of Prayer

The National Day of Prayer, May 1, 2025, is a Congressional-recognized day when the country...

April 2025

April 14, 2025

Deconstructing Lecrae: An Apologetic of Christian Hip Hop

Lecrae gained popularity through his framing of Hip Hop originating in a Christian doctrine, then...

April 05, 2025

“Depeche Mode’s ‘Personal Jesus’: Preaching to the Masses”

"Depeche Mode’s ‘Personal Jesus’: Preaching to the Masses" is the third in the series of...

March 2025

March 16, 2025

Annexing Faith: Deconstructing “Faith” by George Michael

This is the first in a two-part series working through a faith-based/Christian critique of pop...

February 2025

February 17, 2025

Edie Brickell’s ‘What I Am’: Pop, Philosophy & Shallow Faith

Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians, "What I Am" “Really? Is That What You Are?”...

September 2024

September 18, 2024

To Be A Kumare?: A Socio-Religious Critique of Kumare

To Be A Kumare?: A Socio-Religious Critique of Kumare An Abject Expression Vikram Ghandi took...

February 2024

February 27, 2024

Why Christian Hip Hop Matters

Why Christian Hip Hop Matters: Faith and Identity in Christian Hip Hop Who said anything...

February 08, 2024

Not just for kids, Nemo, Elmo, and calling 311

Not just for kids: Missing Nemo, Elmo’s question, and calling 311 I’m not going to...

January 2024

January 09, 2024

Good House Keeping: House, Faith, and Stoicism

Good House Keeping: House, M.D. and Faith through Stoic Philosophy Thousands of years of blazing...

November 2023

November 14, 2023

Is there (now) a phony populism in pop culture?

In 1993, George Ritzer published a groundbreaking book, “The McDonaldization of Society”. This work drew...

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