Culture • Christianity & Culture Paintings on Walls Randy Newman | 9 min read Christopher Hitchens’s brother, Peter, says it was two paintings that challenged his atheist convictions. He found the contrast between beauty and ugliness suggestive of larger issues of good and evil.... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture The Image of God: Art Lessons Erin Rodewald | 12 min read The first verb recorded in Scripture, the first action word in the great God narrative, is create: “In the beginning, God created . . .” He created the heavens and... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture Searching Again in a Post-Postmodern World Randy Newman | 11 min read On a recent episode of The Howard Stern Show, the “shock-jock” host asked his guest, music legend Paul Simon, a mix of questions about music, life, art, and anything else... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture The Me and the We: On Singapore and Solzhenitsyn Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read “Two hundred or even fifty years ago, it would have seemed quite impossible, in America, that an individual could be granted boundless freedom simply for the satisfaction of his instincts... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture Making Sense of “Christian Nationalism”, Part II: Should Christians Care About Nationhood? Eric Treene | 9 min read Part I of this article explored the current state in the United States of what is being called Christian Nationalism. While the alarmism is overblown, there is appropriate concern about... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture Making Sense of “Christian Nationalism”, Part I: Just What is Christian Nationalism, and is it Really a Thing? Eric Treene | 12 min read As another national election cycle heats up, inevitably news stories will focus even more on “Christian Nationalism.” The term first emerged in broad circulation over the last several years as... Continue Reading