Proclaiming the Gospel, One Forum at a TimePosted in Featured, Headline, Technology on 24 October 2008
Alan Noble challenges us to think first and participate in a forum later.
Heroes and HeroinesPosted in Featured, Headline, Television on 10 October 2008
Alan Noble wonders where all the good women are in ABC’s hit drama, Heroes.
Loving Your Neighbor, Even When He Has Bad TastePosted in General Culture on 26 August 2008
Alan Noble sets us straight, especially those of us who enjoy setting people straight.
Posted in Games on 18 July 2008
Rich and Alan discuss the merits and problems with the incredibly violent new Wii game from Sega, MadWorld.
Posted in Film, Games on 14 July 2008
Alan Noble kicks off Christ and Pop Culture’s ongoing E3 coverage with a consideration about the good and bad implications of watching Netflix with your XBox buddies.
Posted in Film on 8 July 2008
This last week I saw two CGI movies which came highly recommended, Kung Fu Panda and WALL-E. While both films received relatively good reviews, only one told a compelling story, the other was filled with tired cliches and jokes interrupted with marketing moments. One was a genuinely well-made film, worthy of praise and the other could only be explained with the phrase, “it’s just a movie.”
A CAPC Dialogue: Violence in Blood Meridian, Part 2Posted in Literature on 2 July 2008
Though Christians have spent a lot of time discussing sex and language in movies and books, we’ve generally devoted less effort to analyzing the effect of reading about or viewing violence. Here, two of our CAPC writers, Alan Noble and Carissa Smith, discuss these issues in relation to Blood Meridian.
Posted in General Culture on 20 June 2008
Alan Noble on why it’s not best to just grin and bear it.
Posted in Film, General Culture on 30 May 2008
In the second half of his series, Alan Noble explores how “voting with our dollars” gives Christians a louder voice in the world.
