Category: Christian Culture
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When Fundamentalism Takes a Left Turn
I actually forgot why I thought I should read The Once and Future Liberal. But, when I was sorting mail after we got back from vacation, the volume seemed slim enough that I could probably read it on a Sunday afternoon before the 4 o’clock NFL games even kicked off. So I did. Mark Lilla writes…
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Giving Tuesday: SHIFT @ UCF
I wish this was a picture of our on-campus student organization. This gathering in the student union at UCF was a vigil I attended for the victims of the shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. I didn’t know this until the tragedy, but Central Florida Hillel (which serves not just UCF, but other nearby…
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Leaving Evangelicalism or Leaving Fundamentalism?
The past few Monday’s I’ve been working through some of the issues related to interpreting Genesis well (here and here, if you’d like to go back and read). Over the weekend, we had a back porch discussion that led to an epiphany for explaining it even better, but that’ll have to wait until next week.…
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3 Books by Andy Crouch You Should Read
One of the most helpful books I read last month was Andy Crouch’s The Tech-Wise Family. It’s a short read, but offers valuable insights into the role technology plays in your life. I found much the same to be true of Crouch’s previous book, Strong and Weak, but as it pertains to leadership. At a…
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Why I Think People Still Like The Shack
About 4 years ago I thought I was done. At the time, it had been five years since my critical review during a Trinitarianism class at Dallas (you can still see the cage stage). The book had been picked at from every angle, including this genius collection of reviews. But now that they decided to make…
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Christian Intellectuals and Being Lost in Translation
It all started when Alan Jacobs wrote an article for September’s issue of Harper’s Magazine. I had heard of the piece, but didn’t read it until I read Owen Strachan’s response to it, as well as Jacob’s response to Strachan’s response (which has a response by Strachan and final word by Jacobs). Then I saw Jake…
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Join Christ and Pop Culture, Get Free Books
For a couple of years now, I’ve been a staff writer with a website called Christ and Pop Culture. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ve probably seen me reference it, and perhaps link to articles I’ve written. Recently, my writeup on Unashamed posted (a good companion to The Soul of Shame) and…
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Kierkegaard: Christian Missionary to Christians
Christians have had an interest in western philosophy for pretty much as long as both existed. If you’re late to the game, you’d probably be surprised that many philosophers, at least post-Augustine, would have considered themselves Christians. The Enlightenment kind of gradually ruined that, but not before some significant thinkers emerged. One of those was…
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One Nation Under God: A Christian Hope for American Politics
Few things are more American than working when you’re supposed to rest. So, here I am writing this book review on the Fourth of July. But, I guess it’s ok because it’s for Bruce Ashford and Chris Pappalardo’s One Nation Under God: A Christian Hope for American Politics. At least I can be patriotic, especially since…
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True Paradox, A Doubter’s Guide, Disappearing Church
Apologetics is becoming more and more about finesse. Maybe it always has been. Straightforward presentations of facts and figures don’t usually cut it. There’s gotta be an angle. I think some of this comes down to the audience. If you’re writing apologetics for other Christians, you don’t have to pay as much attention to persuasion.…