Beware the Frozen Heart
A Disney story set in the snow can help thaw a girl’s heart.
The Body of Christ, the Balloons of Salvation: On Christian Balloon Twisting
Number 4: Balloon twisting for Jesus is an easy topic for mockery, but Martyn Jones considers some of the thicker implications of such airy object lessons.
The Hidden Craze Over Mein Kampf
What we read in our Kindles may reveal what we hide in our hearts.
A Life of Two Stories: An Interview with Joshua Kemble
Number 5: Alan Noble interviews graphic novelist Joshua Kemble about his conversion, his art, and how and why he depicts sin.
Ask Uncle Brad: Why You Should Definitely “Ask Uncle Brad”
“Honestly, the only reason I’m still writing for Christ and Pop Culture is because I enjoy telling people things they ought to already know. I want to do that every week.”
Persecution Continues: Political Reform in Myanmar May Not Be The Progress We Think It Is
Not everyone sees Myanmar president, Thein Sein’s, release of political prisoners as progress. While political dissidents are being freed, ethnic and religious minorities continue to be imprisoned and persecuted.
Jennifer Knapp and the Long Road Back
Number 6: Addie Zierman describes her journey from the center of Christian Culture to outskirts and back again, a path that mirrors Knapp’s own journey.
Eulogy for a Video Game Box Artist
“His artwork ignited my creativity and inspired my love for visual art and art history. His name was Greg Martin, and he was a video game box illustrator.”
Downton Abbey: A Job Well Done
“To me, one of the most compelling themes throughout the series’ four-year run has always been its examination of the significance of human work, and that theme plays out prominently in the season premiere.”
Christmas, in Four Movies
Number 7: We experience traditions through the stories we tell each other. D.L. Mayfield reflects on how four films shaped her vision of Christmas.
The Violence of Fantasy Football
“It is essentially competitive predictive math, and it doesn’t even require that you watch actual games from week to week. But that, I think is the biggest problem with playing fantasy football: the detachment.”
Manliness Reconsidered
Number 8: Amongst fervent evangelical debate about “manliness,” Ben Barltett offers a measured and biblical look at the concept.
The Kiddy Pool: Reading The Dark as Children of the Light
A child’s story of darkness and how it illuminates our fears.
Bill Nye vs. Ken Ham: Continuing Our Long American Tradition of Spectacle and Culture War
“we have a new “trial of the century” with two culture war celebrities who are almost guaranteed to oversimplify the issue.”
Noskalgia: A Sobering Reunion With Five Iron Frenzy
#9 in our Top #CaPCMag Features of 2013: A Five Iron Frenzy reunion tour concert offers D.L. Mayfield a chance to reflect on where we have been and how we have changed.
How Christ and Pop Culture Serves the Church
“Our desire is to edify the Church and witness to the world through thoughtful, biblical, winsome, truthful cultural criticism.”
