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March 2016

March 19, 2016

Movie Review: Risen

How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains,...

March 14, 2016

Old Movies, New Eyes: The Lost Weekend

One's too many, and a hundred's not enough. When The Lost Weekend first came out in...

March 11, 2016

If The 2016 Election Was a Season of American Idol…

Imagine, if you will, a parallel universe where instead of running for president, our 2016...

March 07, 2016

What (Some) Politicians Have in Common With Southern Gospel Singers

GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio has had a rough weekend. Even before his dismal showing...

March 01, 2016

A Simple Plea for Super Tuesday

My readership is largely concentrated in the South, so if that describes you, I feel...

February 2016

February 22, 2016

And the Ones Left Standing Carry On

February 13th 2016 will go down as the day conservatism died in America. It died...

February 17, 2016

My Top 5 Love Songs

The death of Justice Scalia sadly over-shadowed Valentine's Day for me and for this blog....

February 14, 2016

In Memoriam: Justice Scalia

You couldn't have a better man at your side in a losing battle. What he'll...

February 07, 2016

The Pro-Life Generation and the Soul of the GOP

Whatever the outcome of this campaign season, we are indebted to Marco Rubio for making...

February 03, 2016

5 Principles for Christian Voters

Recently, I was commissioned to write an article for Summit Ministries on how Christians can engage thoughtfully...

February 01, 2016

Old Movies, New Eyes: The Best Years of Our Lives

You know, I had a dream. I dreamt I was home. I've had that same...

January 2016

January 28, 2016

No, Trump is Not Better Than Hillary or Bernie

This whole country's just like my flock of sheep! Rednecks, crackers, hillbillies, hausfraus... They're mine!...

January 24, 2016

Debunking The Myth of Simplistic Old Movies

It was C. S. Lewis who first coined the phrase "chronological snobbery." This is the...

January 16, 2016

A Far More Pleasing Countenance

...Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds Or bends with the remover...

January 10, 2016

On Bing Crosby and the Sexual Revolution

Few voices are as inimitable or instantly recognizable as that of Bing Crosby. Warm,...

January 05, 2016

My Top 10 Gospel Songs of 2015

Christmas break has afforded me the pleasure of picking through the best of the best...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

My Top 5 Films of 2015

In terms of films that had substance, were well-made and were palatable for Christian viewers,...

December 27, 2015

Two Sisters Review… Star Wars, The Force Awakens

Youngest sister is back! This is the third installment in our little series of movie review

December 24, 2015

The Bitter-Sweetness of "White Christmas"

Christmas greetings! Thank you for your patience as this blog has gone semi-dormant this...

December 04, 2015

On the Colorado Shooting and the Pro-Life Response

I recently had a new article published for Summit in which I weigh in on...

December 01, 2015

First Look at a New Hank Williams Biopic: I Saw the Light

Hank Williams is an endlessly fascinating character for fans of country/gospel music. As self-destructive as...

November 2015

November 23, 2015

My Take on the Mizzou/Yale Protests

Here's my latest article for Summit Ministries. I wlas asked to tackle the wave of...

November 13, 2015

Follow My Faith and Culture Writing at Summit.org

As you all may have noticed, this semester has whacked me for a loop as...

November 07, 2015

Concert Review with video: Buddy Greene and Ron Block in Shipshewana, IN (10-18-15)

Well, hello there! To the both of you who are still checking this humble corner...

October 2015

October 25, 2015

Fanny Crosby Meets Ricky Skaggs

I've been rotating Blessed Assurance: The New Hymns of Fanny Crosby in the car for...

October 19, 2015

God's Not Dead, The Apostle, and Deathbed Conversion Scenes

It's a classic trope of any story targeted to a Christian audience: the conversion scene....

October 16, 2015

Browse New Fanny Crosby Lyrics Free

I mentioned the other month that various artists were setting some of Fanny Crosby's unpublished...

October 12, 2015

An Interview With Rachel McCutcheon

Rachel McCutcheon is quickly becoming one of my favorite current songwriters. Discovered by writer/producer Wayne...

October 05, 2015

The Oregon Shootings and the Moment of Truth

It has come out in the wake of the mass shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College...

September 2015

September 28, 2015

Monday Morning Humor: I'm a Christian, But…

In case you saw the Buzzfeed video where a bunch of latte-sipping millennials in skinny...