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
Culture • Christianity & Culture How to Orchestrate a Revolution Dr. Bruce Lowe | 12 min read When the first Christians were in process of becoming something big, something substantial from the perspective of all around them, a Jew named Gamaliel stood up and gave this speech:... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture Augustine, Kundera, and More: What Do You Love? Dr. Steven Garber | 7 min read “The Devil laughs because God’s world seems senseless to him; the angels laugh with joy because everything in God’s world has meaning.” Milan Kundera watched the world of Central Europe... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture The World of Our Lives, and Past Lives Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read Movies, movies and more movies — and the 21st-century has given us platforms and possibilities that are overwhelming. Our local theaters still, but now PBS, Amazon, Acorn, Netflix, and BritBox... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture Mystery and Creation: A Christian Poetic Stephanie DiMaria | 11 min read What makes a book “good”? Is only overtly Christian literature worthy of filling the Christian mind and attention? And if this is the case, why does it seem like the... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture Family Ties and the Gift of Belonging Erin Rodewald | 10 min read Who knew spitting into a plastic tube would become such a popular pastime? Not to mention lucrative. The direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing market — think 23andMe or AncestryDNA — has... Continue Reading