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Sacred Space: Superbowl Sunday“Something in the regular life of the church is going to conflict with the Superbowl this Sunday. What ought the church to do?”
Eat Your Vegetables: “The Age of Innocence” (Wharton, 1920)The novel’s tone is thoroughly ironic, as Archer continually misreads as progressive the very traits that consign him to the status quo.
Mixed Signals: What the Christian Message Says to the MassesTargeting a message to your “superfans” doesn’t mean that they are the only ones listening.
Perhaps the #1 rule of approaching a game rightly is as follows: take it seriously, but keep your perspective.
Music at Mars Hill: Lana Del Rey, Rebecca Black, and Ethics“Marketing, branding, image, and production are not just afterthoughts in our musical culture.”
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Citizenship Confusion: Do You Care What Others Think about You?
Posted on January 30, 2012 | 3 Comments"Our culture delights in and rewards those who spread controversy, but do we? Should we?" -
Citizenship Confusion: Why John Piper is Wrong and Why Racism Still Matters
Posted on January 23, 2012 | 8 Comments"The Gospel must motivate us towards critiquing structural racism, as opposed to only looking to change some attitude inside of us and our neighbors." -
Citizenship Confusion: Top 10 ‘Anti-Christian’ Acts of 2011 and SB 48
Posted on January 9, 2012 | 8 Comments"When the worldly government does not favor our moral system, we take it as an attack on us, rather than a sign of the Church's failure." -
Citizenship Confusion: Robert Spencer, JihadWatch.com, and Political Nihilism
Posted on January 2, 2012 | 3 Comments"Unfortunately, many Christians have adopted this nihilism, leading to the perpetuation of lies, hatred, and abuse." -
Citizenship Confusion: The U.S. Funding of International LGBT Rights
Posted on December 19, 2011 | 2 Comments"As Christians, we are called to love and care for our neighbor, which clearly means that we should support efforts to stop violence and discrimination against homosexuals. " -
Citizenship Confusion: Atheists Are Idiots, Really?
Posted on December 12, 2011 | 15 Comments"Let their prayer be, 'I believe, Lord; Help my unbelief,' rather than, 'I believe, Lord; Help me mock his unbelief.'" -
Elsewhere: A New-Earth, Cussin’, Submission, and Ayn Rand on Symbolism
Posted on December 9, 2011 | 2 CommentsIn Which Various Links are collected from every one of the Internets so that you don't have to use Google, cause they're rich already. 1% and all. -
Citizenship Confusion: Ray Comfort and the Victim Complex in the American Church (Updated)
Posted on December 5, 2011 | 9 Comments"The American Church sees itself as a victim..., when, in fact, Christianity is one of the most influential forces in our country." -
Citizenship Confusion: Defending the Empty Form of Public Faith
Posted on November 28, 2011 | 4 Comments"Is our country any more Christian because of our President's Thanksgiving address or holiday decorations or because of the language retailers use?" -
Citizenship Confusion: Sometimes “Political Correctness” Is Just Common Decency
Posted on October 24, 2011 | 14 CommentsA Messiah College student group stands up for edifying language, leading conservatives and Christians to condemn the college for caving to "political correctness." Wait, what? -
Citizenship Confusion: the Offense of the Gospel as a License for Arrogance
Posted on October 17, 2011 | 1 Comment". . . we must make every effort to discern between our self-righteous offense, which has no place in the Church, and the offense of the cross." -
Citizenship Confusion: Care to See Charity?
Posted on October 3, 2011 | 7 Comments"At the risk of sounding dramatic, I want to suggest that charity is a virtue that is tragically and damningly lacking in the church, particularly on the Internet." -
Citizenship Confusion: Auto-tuned Elevation Church
Posted on September 19, 2011 | 23 Comments"Rather than emphasize unity and equality before Christ, the song emphasizes the dramatic difference between the band and the church." -
Citizenship Confusion: 9/11 and the Complexity of the World
Posted on September 12, 2011 | 5 Comments"By accepting that the world is complex we acknowledge our own finitude before it, our inability to completely understand issues, and the possibility that we are wrong." -
Citizenship Confusion: The New York Times’ Religious Quiz for Presidential Candidates
Posted on August 29, 2011 | 3 CommentsAll candidates should be open about their defining beliefs. Whether they are based on the Bible or secular humanism. -
Site Update: What is Going on with Christ and Pop Culture?
Posted on August 24, 2011 | No Comments"I have good news and other news." -
Alcohol, John MacArthur, and the Growing Pains of Christian Liberty
Posted on August 23, 2011 | 49 CommentsAs we choose which parts of culture outside the church are acceptable for us, we face difficult questions from within. -
Citizenship Confusion: WORLD Magazine’s Editorial Cartoons
Posted on August 22, 2011 | 11 Comments"Christians are all too comfortable mocking atheists, evolutionists, Democrats, and presidents, through cartoons." -
Citizenship Confusion: Bachmann, Schaeffer, Pearcey, and Private Faith
Posted on August 15, 2011 | 6 Comments"There is an important point here that Christians must take note of: secularism can only tolerate Christianity if it is a private faith." -
Citizenship Confusion: Christian Ethics in Air Force Training and the Authority of the Bible
Posted on August 8, 2011 | 2 Comments"If the State cannot allow itself to be judged by God's Word, it is very dangerous for it to evoke God's Word."
