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Prospect: Why I Like Nobledark or Grimbright Better than Cheerful and Corrupt

Prospect is a movie I’d recommend over Rim of the World. I both review Prospect and say why I like its type of tale better. · Travis Perry

It’s Not in the Rating: Looking at Negative Influences in Stories: Frozen and Grand Torino

Do ratings reliably guide us concerning the negative influence a film may have? A comparison of the movies Frozen and Gran Torino looks at this and related issues. · Travis Perry

The Spiritual War Through Culture: Modern Entertainment

Does modern entertainment, including speculative fiction, have any connection to the messages Satan is trying to sell to our culture? If so, what should we do about it? · Travis Perry

How to Face the Devil in Combat, Part 1

How do we fight the Devil? The first part of the answer to that question focuses on the “armor of God” and obedient Christian living. · Travis Perry

Should We Be Against Christians Who Are Against Popular Culture?

E. Stephen Burnett and Cap Stewart explore the truth and challenges of Brad East’s recent Mere Orthodoxy article “Against Pop Culture.” · E. Stephen Burnett

A Few Thoughts on “Generation Snowflake”

Are younger generations actually different from the past? Does “generation snowflake” isolate itself from criticism? How are we to respond to criticism and confronting others? · Travis Perry

When High Fantasy Becomes Porn Fantasy, Part 2

When porn invades fantasy stories, we must honestly face the power of visual media and our risk of self-deception. · Cap Stewart

When High Fantasy Becomes Porn Fantasy, Part 1

Porn has invaded fantasy stories, and Christians must listen to warnings from outside and inside the church. · Cap Stewart

There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow

Has technology lived up to its promise? · Mark Carver

Christians, Please Stop Warning Against Human Popular Culture Until You Know What It’s For

Statements like, “Entertainment is harmless, but …” don’t help Christians glorify Jesus well. · E. Stephen Burnett

But You Just Can’t Dress Like Jesus After Labor Day

Christians who engage culture must also identify its trends, such as the new sexual moral majority. · E. Stephen Burnett

When Pastors Criticize Popular Culture

Pastors must show they know popular culture’s purpose before they criticize particular stories. · E. Stephen Burnett

Top Six Ways Christian Culture Is Just The Worst

Only Christian culture could be responsible for these six examples of “creativity.” · E. Stephen Burnett

Guilt By Association?

Even faithful Christians, who love others in holiness and share the gospel, will be associated with sinners. · E. Stephen Burnett

So Are Christians Now Okay With ‘Harry Potter’?

The Harry Potter series has turned 20. Have Christians grown out of their outrage about it? · E. Stephen Burnett

Carole McDonnell on Story Evangelism

“Christians are just not good at engaging the popular culture without making it be all about sin.” · Carole McDonnell

Should Chris Pratt Guard The Evangelical Galaxy?

We can enjoy the “Jurassic World” star’s beliefs and stories without pretending he’s the next Christian pop-culture leader. · E. Stephen Burnett

Possibly Crucial Reading: ‘The Things Of Earth’

Joe Rigney’s new book had me at “the things of earth grow strangely bright.” · E. Stephen Burnett

Horror – One Size Fits All

Is horror literature inherently anti-Christian? · R. L. Copple

Five Myths Of Cultural Engagement

Have you encountered any of these myths? · R. L. Copple
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