Tag: art

The Early Bird Gets The Link

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Where Is God When Things Keep Getting Worse?
will all our disappointments get tied up with a bow? Does God mean everything for my good? Some of my losses cannot or will not be reversed in this life, and I have seen faithful friends die without being rescued. How do I reconcile that?

Addressing Our Bible Boredom

Why are so many Christians bored with the Bible? Because we’ve forgotten what the Bible is.

On Moral Equivalency and Xbox

While I explicitly refused to wholesale condemn gaming, I did draw a contrast between young men who live emotionally connected lives with others, and those who seem trapped in their own fantasy worlds.

What Happened to the Absurd?

A reflection on art and culture.

Stop Making Yourself the Hero of Bible Stories

The truth in this article hurts “If we are honest we are ourselves, we can easily find ourselves in the pages of the Bible—just not among the heroes.”

The Early Bird Gets The Link

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Impossible to Believe — Preaching in a Secular Culture
Secularization in American culture has reversed the conditions: not everyone is a non-Christian, but all must operate under a secular worldview that denies the legitimacy of a Christian worldview. In three hundred years, Western intellectual conditions have moved from an impossibility of unbelief to an impossibility of belief.

The Value of Christian Protest

Prayer is an under-estimated resource for affecting social change. Therefore, prayer is a powerful form of protest for Christians and one that should be more regularly ultylized.

Technology and Reformation

The impact of technology in the spread of the Gospel.

Is art really all about beauty?

A post worth reading and the conclusion is worth contemplating. “You may not be able to find a place for their work in your building or even in one of your meetings, but if you can’t appreciate and value what they are doing, they probably won’t find a place in your church.

And if they don’t find a place in our churches, Christians are unlikely to regain any sort of voice into our culture through the arts.”
Should Christians Watch Horror?

Christians unfortunately often respond to the horror genre, in its entirety, with disdain and fear. It is treated as the ultimate no-no for believers – as unredeemable, worldly entertainment. This raises the question for the Christian film fan. Should Christians watch horror?