Category: Culture
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Is Evangelical Theology Toxic?
Read more: Is Evangelical Theology Toxic?The Question With the ex-vangelical movement on the rise and evangelical church attendance in decline, the question is often raised: Is evangelical theology, particularly the conservative evangelical theology that drives writers like Wayne Grudem to write articles like “Why voting for Donald Trump is a morally good choice,” and “Why Building a Border Wall is a Morally Good action,” toxic?…
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Puppies and What’s Wrong with Ideological Criticism
Read more: Puppies and What’s Wrong with Ideological CriticismSo, I’m on twitter now. My life just needed more social commentary, and my more-conservative-than-not Facebook news feed just wasn’t cutting it. Fortunately, Twitter remains the cool social enclave for many of the more-left-than-central folks, which has allowed me to follow some very interesting thinkers. It has been fascinating to watch debates and dialogues evolve…
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New Twenty One Pilots Music!
Read more: New Twenty One Pilots Music!Just the other day (July 11) the post-hardcore-indie-funk-hip-hop-piano-punk duo known as twenty one pilots just released two new tracks that will appear on their upcoming album, Trench, which is set to be released this October. The first song, “Jumpsuit,” appears to continue some of the themes from their most recent album Blurryface about their insecurities, their love-hate…
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Summertime: How Are You Recharging?
Read more: Summertime: How Are You Recharging?As a college student, my life shifts drastically between the beginning of May through the end of August. I don’t have to worry about any major assignment deadlines, but I also had little reason to hide in the library when it hit 118 degrees the other day. With summer comes a sudden stop in goals….
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The Ideology of Love and the Garden of Eden
Read more: The Ideology of Love and the Garden of EdenThe Ideology of Love in Film We have all seen it; a film wherein a lover pursues another for the duration of the movie, creating tension and perpetuating the feeling of an unattainable partner. This is necessary for the plot and for the ideology of love to function. If the lover’s partner is obtained in…
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Good Eats in San Diego
Read more: Good Eats in San DiegoStanley and I recently went on a trip to San Diego, CA and went to some fantastic restaurants. With my new Samsung S9 in hand (just made the switch from iPhone to Android), I took some pictures of the good eats in San Diego, and thought I’d share some of them with you. I absolutely…
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5 Reasons to Celebrate the Saints
Read more: 5 Reasons to Celebrate the SaintsLong before I entered the Anglican tradition in college, I harbored a secret curiosity for the saints. Growing up in a local conservative baptist church, “saints” merely referred to those who are in Christ. Biblically speaking, this is true. When St. Paul writes to the Church in Philippi, he writes to the “saints,” literally, the…
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Empire & Kingdom: Should Christians Support Strong Borders?
Read more: Empire & Kingdom: Should Christians Support Strong Borders?You’ve probably seen by now all the pictures of children being taken away from their parents. You’ve also probably seen the detention centers, the TIME magazine cover, the blog posts, the tweets, AG Jeff Sessions defending the practice by quoting Romans 13, President Trump saying that he couldn’t do anything about it, blaming Democrats, doing…
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Mill City Art Show
Read more: Mill City Art ShowI am so excited to share with you all about an art show that I am helping to organize. At Mill City Church, where I am a member, our small groups are organized around distinct missional purposes. The group that I am a part of, called Craft, is oriented towards the Arts community of Northeast Minneapolis….
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Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
Read more: Black Dignity in a World Made for WhitenessWhite Space Maintaining black dignity in white space is the name of the game of life for a black person in the Anglo-American realm. Conversational and cultural norms are undoubtedly white in this realm. This can be brutal in its exhaustion and confusion and can be seriously disorienting for black folk working and living in this space….