Grace Notes: Fleet Foxes and The Antlers
This week’s signs of common grace in the music world.
Elsewhere: The Royal Family, Survivor, Portal 2, Donald Miller, etc.
Our favorite pop culture finds from around the internet.
Play in Process: Hot Pursuit’s Moral Whiplash
“In Hot Pursuit, you take practical measures against chaos, or you enact chaos yourself – though all you were really trying to do was win a race.”
…by the Bell, Chapter 6: How Will They Know?
How is the gospel revealed to those who can’t hear it? Ben and Kiel discuss.
CaPC Update: A Slight Reorganization
“You may have noticed that our web site has been changed around slightly.”
When Games Matter: The Slums of New Vegas
“I often wonder if games are at their best when they are able to teach us empathy. Fallout: New Vegas did this for me, if even only briefly.”
Still Watching: I Want a Queue, Too!
“My suggestion: watch Out of Africa, a visual masterpiece of storytelling.”
Source Code: Is This Happening, And Does it Matter?
Source Code’s novel take on the question of reality, perception, and our obligation to our world and ourselves.
Citizenship Confusion: Guantánamo Files
“Even the people who desire to kill us are our neighbors.”
Pole Fitness for Jesus?
Is a Christian pole dancing something to be redeemed, even behind closed doors?
Elsewhere: Scream 4, Weird Al, Lady Gaga, Studio Ghibli, etc.
Our favorite pop culture finds from across the internet.
Racists Pig Racing?: Why Christians are Obligated to be Discerning on the Internet
A story about a heroic Texan turns into something altogether different.
Grace Notes: Little Scream, tUnE-yArDs, Metal Ghibli, etc.
“There’s something absolutely delightful about a band undoubtedly decked out in leather, spikes, and corpse paint ripping through the theme of one of the finest children’s films of all time.”
Play in Process: Coming to Terms With Violence
“Does the very act of making the violence explicit also make it unredeemable?”
…by the Bell, Chapter 5: Speaking of Christ’s Death
What’s the best way to speak of Christ’s death? Ben and Kiel discuss this issue and the implications surrounding it.
When Games Matter: Pandemic (Board Game Edition)
“If you have any hope of winning, you must work together.”
