ART
Kokoschka: Art of the Incarnation (Part 1)
Logos: Art of the Incarnation (Part 2)
Ed Knippers: Art of the Incarnation (Part 3)
Rouault: Art of the Incarnation (Part 4)
Pieter Bruegel: Art of the Incarnation (Part 5)
“Christophorus:” Christ and the Holocaust (Art and Theology)
“From Many Wounds:” Kathe Kollwitz and the Cross (Art and Theology)
Mapplethorpe: Art and Mortality
“Present” by Luci Shaw (theology and Poetry)
BOOKS
66 Love Letters (Larry Crabb): Review
After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters (N.T. Wright): Review
Christianity and Religious Diversity (Part 7): Recommended Reading
The Chronological Guide to the Bible (Review)
For the Sake of the Cross: Resources on the Atonement
The Hole in Our Gospel (Richard Stearns): Review
Jesus Versus Paul? New Perspectives on the Gospel
Thy Kingdom Connected (Dwight Friesen): Review
A New Kind of Christianity (Brian McLaren): Review
Preaching the Cross: Resources for Easter
Tim Stafford: Knowing the Face of God
The Voice: New Testament (Review)
When Good Men Are Tempted (Bill Perkins): Review
FAITH & THEOLOGY
“Alive in the Superunknown:” Skepticism Taught to Schoolchildren
ABC’s Modern Family: Lessons for Church Membership
Adrift (And the Soul Felt Its Worth)
“Across the Distance:” The Prophets’ Candle (Advent Part 1)
“O Little Town:” The Bethlehem Candle (Advent Part 2)
“We’re All Misfits!” (The Shepherds’ Candle) (Advent Part 3)
“From the Realms of Glory:” The Angels’ Candle (Advent Part 4)
Are We Human Or Are We Dancer? (Celebrating the Incarnation)
The Beauty of Creation: Readings for Earth Day
Black Friday: The Spending Priorities of Emerging Generations
“The Cat Came Back:” Pelagius and the Church
Compassionate Release: Michael Vick and the Gospel According to Zacchaeus
“Amidst the Noise:” Changing Generations (Part 2)
“To an Unknown Truth:” Changing Generations (Part 3)
“An Old, Old Story:” Changing Generations (Part 4)
Spiritual Reconciliation: Changing Generations (Part 5)
Social Reconciliation: Changing Generations (Part 6)
Environmental Reconciliation: Changing Generations (Part 7)
Ministry of Reconciliation: Changing Generations (Part 8)
Christianity and Religious Diversity (Part 1)
Christianity and Religious Diversity (Part 2): Religion and All His Friends
Christianity and Religious Diversity (Part 3): Coexist or Else
Christianity and Religious Diversity (Part 4): The Problem With Pluralism
Christianity and Religious Diversity (Part 5): Christianity’s Exclusive Claim
Christianity and Religious Diversity (Part 6): Building Bridges
Christianity and Religious Diversity (Part 7): Recommended Reading
The Scarlet Letter: Christianity and Singleness (Part 1)
The Idolatry of Family: Christianity and Singleness (Part 2)
I Am Single and So Can You: Christianity and Singleness (Part 3)
To Burn With Desire (Your Sex is on Fire): Christianity and Singleness (Part 4)
Dating’s Goodbye Kiss: Christianity and Singleness (Part 5)
Helping Churches Become Single-Minded: Christianity and Singleness (Part 6)
Conclusion (or: Learning to Cook Vegan): Christianity and Singleness (Part 7)
The Common Neglect of Common Grace (Part 1)
The Common Neglect of Common Grace (Part 2)
Disaster Tourism: Technology, Proximity, and Being a Neighbor
Domino’s Pizza: Model for Ministry or…
The Essence of the Gospel (Sunday Recap)
Faith Emporium: Finding God in the Marketplace of Religion
Faithful Runaways: Muslim Teen Leaves Her Family
Francis Chan Leaves Cornerstone, Pursues New Direction
The Gospel Between Moralism and Materialism
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day: Missional Christianity
“Here I Stand, I Can Do No Other:” Celebrating Reformation Day
Jesus Was A Vegetarian? A Response to the Huffington Post
The Jonas Brothers: Coming Soon to a Church Near You…?
Katie Piper: Recovering the Image
Keeping Christ in Christmas (and Why You Can’t Take Him Out)
“Love is Free:” College Student Goes Homeless
Manning Up: Men, Masculinity and the Church
Matt Chandler: “Jesus Wants the Rose”
Onward Christian Mercenaries: The Faith Involvement of Emerging Generations
“Please Come Home:” Sunday Recap
The Psychology of Shame (or: “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Freud”)
Ruralpolitans: When Yuppies Turn Farmer
Same Kind of Broken as Me: Derek Webb, Homosexuality and the Church
Shane Claiborne: His Letter to Unbelievers
“She Am Robot:” Roxxxy and Community
“Those Who Have No Hope:” Michael Jackson, The Cult of Celebrity and Designer Funerals
2012 and Eschatology: It’s Not the End of the World
What the Church Can Learn from Men of A Certain Age
Young Christians and the Surprising Appeal of Catholicism (Part 1)
Young Christians and the Surprising Appeal of Catholicism (Part 2)
FILM & TV
2012 and Eschatology: It’s Not the End of the World
ABC’s Modern Family: Lessons for Church Membership
Avatar: Pantheism, Driscoll and the Need for Dialogue
Disney’s Oceans as Postsecular Spirituality (film and theology)
Final Destination: Death in Style
Legion: The Ineffectual Wrath of God
LOST: Philosophy Around the Watercooler
The Lovely Bones: Peter Jackson’s Vision of the Afterlife
Monster’s Ball: Reconciliation (Theology and Film)
To Save a Life: Film Resonated with Teenage Audience
Slumdog Millionaire: “It is Written:” Who is the Author?
Spitfire Grill: A Balm in Gilead (Film and Theology)
“They’re Coming to Get You Barbara:” How Zombies Ate My Weltanschaunng
MUSIC
“Ain’t No Grave:” The Eschatology of Johnny Cash
Are We Human Or Are We Dancer? (Celebrating the Incarnation)
“Calling Christian and Gloria:” 21st Century Breakdown
David Bazan: “Curse Your Branches” and the Loss of Faith
“Dear God:” Conor Oberst, Monsters of Folk and Religion
The Dutchess and the Duke (Plus Free Music)
Fairytale of New York: Incarnation and Reconciliation
FREE Worship Album: Red Letter
“Getting Folked Up:” The Power of Story in The Fiery Furnaces’ “I’m Going Away”
“Heaven is Whenever:” The Hold Steady
Jet: Shaka Rock – The Ear of the Beholder
“Let’s Trade Shoes:” Eminem and the Beautiful Relapse
Linkin Park: “What I’ve Done” – Atonement and Expiation
Living Sacrifice: Infinite Order (Review)
Muse: Uprising and Christus Victor (theology and culture)
Number One Gun: To the Secrets and Knowledge (Review)
Rocky Votolato: True Devotion (Review)
Salvation is Created: Bifrost Arts
She and Him, Volume Two: Retro Pop Meets Indie Rock (All Over Again)
U2: “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (Voices of Freedom Choir)
Vampire Weekend: Contra (Review)
“Wait for Me:” Moby, David Lynch and Creativity
SOCIETY
All Life is Not Equal: Abortion, Human Dignity and Health Care Reform
Beck, Porn for Bibles: What They’re Both Missing
Coexist: Day of Prayer Ruled “Unconstitutional”
Facebook Status Leads to Decrease in Breast Cancer
Glenn Beck and Social Justice: Evangelicals Respond
Inventing Ourselves to Death: When Technology Makes Us Bored
McClaren’s Open Letter: A Response
Mr. Smith Goes to Nineveh: Why Obama Critics Need to Chill the Heck Out
Neuroscience and Faith: In Whose Image?
“No King But Caesar:” Failure to Mourn and the Idolatry of Politics
No, Mr. President, 99 Balloons
A Super Bowl Carol (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bowl)
Take Me To Your Leader (Part 1): Evangelicals and the Cultural Divide
Take Me To Your Leader (Part 2): Evangelicals and the Political Landscape
Take Me To Your Leader (Part 3): Between Two Worlds
Take Me To Your Leader (Part 4): Partisan Politics
Take Me To Your Leader (Part 5): Why Fox News is Bigger Than Jesus
Tiger Woods, Brit Hume: Who Should “Repent?”
Which is the “Wrong Baby?” Doctor Aborts Healthy Child
Where’s Orwell When You Need Him? Obama, Peter Singer and Healthcare
