Atheist Kitsch

Kitsch in the church can be a source of constant embarrassment or humor, not mutually exclusive categories, for my Christian students. Whenever they get too discouraged I point out to them that any large movement will attract all kinds of people.One should be careful not to be a snob and merely . . . . Continue Reading »

Gospel-Centralityolatry

Kaleo Church Houston’s Bill Streger on the danger of legalistic “gospel-centrality.”I’m a part of the Acts 29 network, which is at the forefront of what has been called the “new Calvinism” and the “young, restless, and reformed (YRR)” (both of which . . . . Continue Reading »

Revolution, Identity, and the Left

In a recent issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education , Xenia Markowitt, director of the Center for Women and Gender at Dartmouth College, answers the question: “Is It My Job to Teach the Revolution?” (Subscription required. The full article, however, is also available at . . . . Continue Reading »

Sweet, Frosty Orthodoxy

Since we’re on the topic of the Gospel and the culture War over here, I’m going to recycle a post from my old-school blog about this subject. I love this post.It starts, as is common in my world, with a cartoon:The comment was made that this is the conservative view of . . . . Continue Reading »