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Why Christian Hip Hop Is Not a Failure
In Christ and Pop Culture’s first guest post, Kiel Hauck explains why Christian hip hop succeeds in all the ways that matter.
The Failure of Christian Hip Hop
In his debut post, Scott Schultz finds that where Christian hip-hop fails, Mos Def succeeds.
Confessions of a First-Time American Idol Viewer
Carissa Smith just watched her first episode of American Idol… and she’s really into it.
What Do We Truly Like About American Idol?
Ben Bartlett rains on our American Idol parade, but we probably deserved it.
Podcast #25: Should Christians Cast Down their (American) Idols?
About three weeks ago, Ben and I sat down and discussed American Idol, including the morality of American Idol’s infamous audition episodes, whether or not Christians should embrace and support Idol Gives Back, and more. Also, we give out our Christ and Pop Culture Awards for Voting Shows.
The Case for Simon Cowell
David Dunham kicks off CAPC’s American Idol week by praising honest evaluation in an age of “Idol” words.
What To Do About Embarrassingly Bad Popular Christian Music
Alan Noble shares some practical ways for Christians everywhere to help improve the state of Christian music.
What’s So Great About 2008?
Even though Christ and Pop Culture is only a few months old, we’ve already had some wonderful conversations about popular culture and how we as believers should interact with it. To start off the year, I thought I would give my list of the pop culture events that I am looking forward to most in 2008. Over the next 12 months I hope to revisit each of these events as they unfold and as we continue to explore the way our faith speaks to every aspect of our lives–even pop culture.
Podcast #19: The Theology of Fall Out Boy
MTV isn’t really known for profound thought about life, death, God and philosophy, but Fall Out Boy has brought those concepts to the braindead masses. In this episode, David and Rich discuss the implications of such a surprisingly profound band, and also share their top 5 most profound rock songs.
Rock N’ Roll Grace
It is arguably the most famous hymn in the Christian tradition and more non-Christians know it than any other: Amazing Grace. The author of this august hymn is John Newton (1725-1807), an 18th century English Puritan. The hymn has been used, however, in various songs throughout history since its publications, for example: The American rock band The Eagles used it as the chorus to “Peaceful Easy Feeling”. The most recent use of the song is in a particular track from a Christian alternative band: The Almost.
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