Category: Culture
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Stirred up about Sex: Curious about the Heart Behind “Real Marriage”
Read more: Stirred up about Sex: Curious about the Heart Behind “Real Marriage”“We did have mediocre sex that eventually resulted in five children and one miscarriage.” [1] Include a line like this in your introductory chapter, and you’ll likely perk up some ears and some curiosity. Especially if your audience consists of “Evangelical” Christians. But, real life confessions, biographical descriptions, and frank honesty on some of…
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Musings Upon Musings: Roger Ebert, Me, and Capital Punishment
Read more: Musings Upon Musings: Roger Ebert, Me, and Capital PunishmentA few years ago I was searching for a movie review. I knew Rotten Tomatoes would provide me with a database of dozens of reviews so I began my search there. While scanning through the Top Critics reviews I recognized very few names. One name I did recognize: Roger Ebert. I remembered Mr. Ebert and…
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Around the Town: Weekly Round-up #1 (2012)
Read more: Around the Town: Weekly Round-up #1 (2012)CNN interacts with Mark Driscoll’s new book, Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship, and Life Together, co-written with his wife. Read CNN’s article here. In light of the recent Iowa Caucuses to determine the future GOP candidate and the upcoming primaries in New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida, and so on, Kevin DeYoung gives us…
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Doing Theology With SNL (Guest Post)
Read more: Doing Theology With SNL (Guest Post)Denver stations want to know: did you find the Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketch about Jesus appearing in the Denver Broncos locker room after a big win in Chicago, funny or sacrilegious? If you aren’t a fan of SNL or haven’t seen the sketch it can be viewed at any number of websites including the Denver…
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Ignorant Analysis of Religion: Fair Game
Read more: Ignorant Analysis of Religion: Fair GameGrantland recently published an article from staff writer Charles P. Pierce entitled, “Tebow’s Religion: Fair Game.” While I already knew the sentiment present in the title was true, my evangelicalism bristled at what I feared was about to come. As we’ve noted in other articles here at The Two Cities, Tebow is quite the polarizing…
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Yearly Round-Up
Read more: Yearly Round-Up2011 has come to a close. It has been a great year and there are a lot of fun things to look forward to in 2012 (who isn’t excited for The Dark Knight Rises or The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey?). Here at The Two Cities we are very excited for the introduction of this blog in…
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Doing Theology with the NFL (Guest Post)
Read more: Doing Theology with the NFL (Guest Post)If you live in Colorado, you will likely hear a news or sports story about Denver Bronco quarterback Tim Tebow at least once a day. However, when the Wall Street Journal Weekend dedicated two pages to Tebow, I knew it was time for pastors to start blogging. Tebow came to Denver in the 2009 draft, simultaneously heralded…
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With Respect for What?
Read more: With Respect for What?What do Derek Jeter, Tim Tebow, Lebron James, and Sidney Crosby have in common? Is each the premier player in their respective sport? No. Are they the highest paid individuals in each league? No. Do they all have the same level of experience, or have they won identical rewards in each of their respective leagues (i.e….
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No Room In the Inn?
Read more: No Room In the Inn?Everyone knows how the Christmas story goes. As Stanley Hudson vehemently asserted in the most recent episode of The Office (8.10 Christmas Wishes) regarding the sensitivity to celebrate everything but Christmas during the Holidays: I want Christmas! Just give me plain-baby-Jesus-lying-in-a-manger Christmas! When our culture boils down the Christmas event it looks like this: baby…
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Too Christian? Reflections on Linus, Tebow, and Paul
Read more: Too Christian? Reflections on Linus, Tebow, and PaulSurvey anyone within the church, and if they are honest, they will let you know that there is at least one approach or method for sharing the gospel that makes them cringe. It’s not that there isn’t excitement about the spreading of the news of Jesus and His redemptive work to redeem and restore mankind….