Books… There’s Too Much To Care About: A Review of “7” by Jen Hatmaker 27 Feb 201228 Feb 2012 There are so many things that Christians are "supposed" to care about that sometimes, I confess, it's hard. I mean we're supposed to protest abortion, care about creation, feed the…
Culture… The Context for a Theology of Sex 15 Feb 201216 Feb 2012 The church at Corinth was a mess! They were known to be both getting drunk and having orgies at their worship services, and they were proud because they tolerated incest…
Culture… Why Hipster: My Reluctant Use Of A Bad Label 18 Jan 201219 Jan 2012 Labels aren't usually (ever?) a good thing. Most often we create labels in order to categorize people, which allows us to assume we know them without having to make any…
Books… Theology And Semantics: A Review of “The Next Christians” by Gabe Lyons 26 Dec 201127 Dec 2011 Christendom is dead! It died somewhat slowly, like Brittany's career, but it had died just the same. Any illusions that the world had that our country was a Christian nation…
Asides… Christ, Culture, and Debate 19 Dec 2011 Tim Keller recently wrote a post that discussed what he sees as a "coming-together" of views on the Christ and Culture dynamic. There has been, in recent theology, two views…
Asides… Wrestling Santa Claus 12 Dec 2011 We've wrestled with Santa in our house for a couple of years now. I am not really keen on doing the whole Santa Claus "thing," for a number of reasons.…
Asides… The Best Holiday Movies/Specials 9 Dec 20119 Dec 2011 1) How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Animated) I love this classic cartoon. Plus Thurl Ravenscroft is awesome in "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch"! 2) The Nightmare Before Christmas This…
Asides… YRR and Alcohol 28 Nov 2011 The subject is up again, as if it ever dies. This time pastor and uber-blogger Tim Challies has some words to share with us on the subject. I greatly respect…
Culture… A Theology for Hipsters (Part 19): Hipster Hot Topics (Part 6) 10 Nov 201111 Nov 2011 Christian Liberty I spent much of my educational work studying a particular figure from Christian history: the great protestant reformer Martin Luther. Luther is an interesting figure because he is…
Culture… A Theology for Hipsters (Part 18): Hipster Hot Topics (Part 4) 3 Nov 20114 Nov 2011 Stating that Christian Hipsters enjoy culture might be like saying Bob Vila has a beautiful beard: it's an understatement if ever there was one! As they broke away from their…
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