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The Noah movie opens today to a confusing chorus of Christian voices. Some say, "Go," while others say, "No." Some say, "Good," while others say, "Heresy." So predictable.

• 03/28/2014
• 62 Comments
• Tag: Culture Politics Movies

Who has not at some point heard the plaintive wail of some adult, "The music kids listen to these days…" This is normally accompanied by an exhale and shaking of the head. It is as if the world will end at any moment.

• 03/14/2014
• 5 Comments
• Tag: Youth Culture Politics Music

Mr. Matthew McConaughey was awarded the Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar Sunday night for his performance in the AIDS-themed movie Dallas Buyer's Club. Almost immediately his acceptance speech sent social media ablaze with condemnation. Why? Becaus..

• 03/05/2014
• 39 Comments
• Tag: Culture Family issues Politics Evangelicals Movies

The current American version of Universal Healthcare (UHC), Obamacare, has been the subject of not a little debate. One side seems to think it is a literal panacea. The other places it somewhere between overt communism or the total collapse of the U...

• 01/31/2014
• 26 Comments
• Tag: Barack Obama Health Care Politics

Fewer things are more difficult than leading an organization through change. Leading through change in periods of upheaval should come with battle pay. Good transitional leadership is priceless.

• 01/07/2014
• 0 Comments
• Tag: Culture Politics Evangelicals

I cannot find a biblical reason to be against food stamps and for corporate welfare at the same time.

• 01/03/2014
• 2 Comments
• Tag: Politics

When American Christians say Jesus is the savior of prostitutes, druggies and thieves, I daresay this is not what they have in mind.

• 12/28/2013
• 8 Comments
• Tag: Atheism Culture Evangelism Politics Evangelicals

The big news from this morning was the GQ interview with Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson. My question is where are the members of the LGBT community who still believe in the First Amendment to the Constitution? Does free speech only count durin..

• 12/19/2013
• 55 Comments
• Tag: Homosexuality Free Speech Culture Family issues Politics Evangelicals Religious Freedom

Megyn Kelly is a popular personality on Fox News. In a recent segment, Kelly took up her sword to challenge a Slate.com writer, Aisha Harris's assertion that Santa Claus should no longer be white. Harris calls for a complete makeover: make Santa a pe..

• 12/17/2013
• 5 Comments
• Tag: Culture Family issues Politics Evangelicals Race/Multi-Ethnic

The death of Mandela allows us to think about what it means to be a terrorist, and how the language of terrorism is used to frame political debate.

• 12/09/2013
• 1 Comments
• Tag: Politics Evangelicals Conflict/War

From all the books and commentaries I have used, though, if I were asked of a list of books followers of Jesus should read now to help them understand the Bible better, it would be these two: Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes, by Richards and O'..

• 12/06/2013
• 2 Comments
• Tag: Family issues Politics Evangelicals Christmas Pastors

Monday a video called "What About Holy Hip-Hop?" was posted online at Ncfic.org, the website for the National Center for Family Integrated Churches. I know little about this group and do not want to insinuate that the families and churches involved w..

• 11/29/2013
• 5 Comments
• Tag: Culture Family issues Politics Evangelicals Religious Freedom Music

Today I turn 50 and by all but the most generous of measures this life is more than half spent. Unless I reach 100 years of age, for every day I have lived on Earth I have less than one day left. This ratio will continue to build in a negative direct..

• 10/31/2013
• 0 Comments
• Tag: Family issues Politics Leadership Evangelicals

What if Obamacare is not the worst thing happening? What if something was happening with the potential to dwarf Obamacare?

• 10/25/2013
• 4 Comments
• Tag: Barack Obama Economic Crisis Culture Politics National Debt

Much ado has been made in recent days about California pastor John MacArthur's Strange Fire conference. Michael Patton, a MacArthur fan, offers a critique of the conference, the book, and MacArthur's attitude toward Charismatics, so I will not.

• 10/21/2013
• 18 Comments
• Tag: Megachurch Church Bodies Culture Evangelism Politics Leadership Evangelicals Bible

Amid an an era in which the mass media is as useless as a flat Coke, a ray of light breaks. As badly as we need a third major political party in America we also need a truly independent, aggressive media. We have neither, and we are worse for it.

• 10/17/2013
• 0 Comments
• Tag: Free Speech Culture Politics Evangelicals Religious Freedom

I went to see Prisoners last week based on the promise of the trailers and the insistence of my daughter. The movie was neither as bad nor as good as it might have been. Intensity and uncertainty drive the movie exploring the fear every parent shares..

• 10/07/2013
• 2 Comments
• Tag: Culture Family issues Politics Evangelicals Movies

Followers of Christ need to engage culture through the arts. The more we do not make good music, good films, good art, good books and good plays the greater the void will be filled by many who ignore God or deny Him.

• 08/29/2013
• 1 Comments
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Not only does the U.S. government actively collect data from the private communications of its citizens (aka, "spying"), we make it easy when we use email.

• 08/09/2013
• 2 Comments
• Tag: Free Speech Culture Politics

Earlier this year the word "infanticide" wormed its way into the national consciousness. A video surfaced of Planned Parenthood spokesperson Lisa Snow advocating for infanticide.

• 07/31/2013
• 53 Comments
• Tag: Abortion Health Care Culture Politics