Category: Culture
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Comedy and the Christian (Part 1)
Read more: Comedy and the Christian (Part 1)Any critic of Christians and culture always has his or her pickings of what element within our culture one wants to target as a great threat to the development and purity of the Christian soul. Although I might be wrong to say “friends, here is our greatest threat,” I have long been convicted of deceptive…
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I Belong; Therefore, I Am
Read more: I Belong; Therefore, I AmIn America and western culture broadly we value critical thinking. Oftentimes we are completely baffled when people are unable to clearly think through situations. We are even more baffled when people believe things without critically assessing the validity of the “truths” which they claim to believe. It makes no sense to us. The freedom to…
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The Riotous Milking of Sacred Cows
Read more: The Riotous Milking of Sacred CowsThe title for this post comes courtesy of the Los Angeles Times’ review of “The Book of Mormon,” a musical created by South Park’s creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and Robert Lopez, who is also known for penning that earworm of a song, “Let it Go,” from Disney’s Frozen. It seems that nearly every…
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Lamenting the Tragic Loss of April Jace
Read more: Lamenting the Tragic Loss of April JaceLast Tuesday, May 20th, we received the news of April Jace, a financial aid counselor at Biola, who was shot and killed by her husband, Michael Jace, an actor from The Shield. It happened on Monday night, and their two young children, under the ages of 10, were in the house. The shock and devastation…
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New-Age, Old Enemies, Same Mission
Read more: New-Age, Old Enemies, Same Mission“I am aware of a bright light. It’s wonderful you get energy from this light.” She was resting, after death, in between life-times. Minutes passed in silence. Suddenly she spoke, but not in the slow whisper she had always used previously. Her voice was now husky and loud, without hesitation: “Our task is to learn,…
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SBLAAR: The Society for Beer Lovers & Assorted Academic Research (2014)
Read more: SBLAAR: The Society for Beer Lovers & Assorted Academic Research (2014)If you plan on attending the annual AAR/SBL conference this November in San Diego, CA and enjoy craft beer like we do, then you won’t want to miss out on our reception: the Society for Beer Lovers & Assorted Academic Research (SBLAAR). Save the Date: Saturday, November 22nd from 7:00pm—10:00pm at Saint Joseph Cathedral (1535…
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A Matter of Fear
Read more: A Matter of FearThe trailer for a new film put out by Answers in Genesis has recently appeared. The film is called A Matter of Faith. As one can tell from the trailer, it looks and feels a lot like the recent Christian film, God’s Not Dead. When the latter film originally came out I had my reservations…
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Privacy Rights and Wrongs
Read more: Privacy Rights and WrongsIs it just me or has there been an onslaught of privacy-related issues lately? Whether it was the defiant acts of Julian Assange and Edward Snowden or the Target data breach, it seems that the ideas of privacy and security have ominously loomed in the collective consciousness. Even this week’s scandal related to L.A. Clippers’…
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Living in the UK: A Ramble
Read more: Living in the UK: A RambleLiving in a different country is a unique experience. There are weird things that happen that you could never really prepare yourself for. No amount of research, YouTube videos, or blog sites can prepare you for these things. Sometimes they cause a little embarrassment. For example, when I first moved here to Aberdeen I needed…
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Singleness
Read more: SinglenessEvery Tuesday I lead a bible study for undergrad ladies attending UC Berkeley through Cru ministries. Last Tuesday, one of the girls said to me (in so many words), “Carrie, thank you for being an example of living a content single life.” She expanded her thought by mentioning that there had recently been a conference…