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Alissa Wilkinson: Faith in the movies
Movies are important, and the church is called to care about them and take them seriously, says the film critic for Vox and formerly Christianity Today.
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Ken Evers-Hood: How Pokemon can teach us about God
The immensely popular smartphone game “Pokemon Go” offers an opportunity to help people understand that there is a world beyond the one we can see, writes a pastor.
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A. Trevor Sutton: Scripture addressed social issues before they were cool
Trends may come and go, but life in Christ is eternally relevant, writes a pastor.
Lerone A. Martin is an assistant professor of religion and politics in the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Lerone A. Martin: African-American clergy became celebrities "preaching on wax"
In the early 20th century, African-American preachers recorded by major record labels helped shape African-American Christianity with their best-selling sermon recordings, says an assistant professor who has written a book on the subject.
Timothy Larsen: Why is history important for Christian leadership?
Pop culture may be obsessed with the pope’s red shoes, but Christian leaders can’t live entirely in the present. Christians should move toward the future without letting go of the past.
Richard J. Mouw: Engaging both high and low culture
Do we have to choose between highbrow and lowbrow when promoting the life and mission of the church?
Sam Laurent: Peanuts, Cracker Jacks and the game
Writers often compare baseball parks to cathedrals, but that misses the real point: the game. And so it is with worship, writes a theologian and baseball fan.
Wesley Hill: It can't be a lie
The HBO series "The Wire" is cynical about institutions, yet it offers an important perspective on what it means to commit to the causes and institutions we love.
Timothy Larsen: When the KJV was king
The 1611 version of the Bible in English was a cultural touchstone for believers and nonbelievers for hundreds of years. What has replaced it? ‘The Brady Bunch.’
Scott Benhase: Bruce Springsteen and the use of fear
The Boss is right. Fear is a powerful thing. It can compel us to be functional atheists.