Bowe Bergdahl and Looking Toward the Heavens

The Christian worldview explains why cases like this are so challenging and why they should turn our minds toward our great hope to come, where the depravity of a fallen world will no longer taint our lives.

CAPC Podcast #74 – Robin Williams, Bribing Kids to Memorize, Ice Bucket Challenge

ISIS: A Living Nightmare for Iraqi Christians

Who are the Iraqi Christians, and how did we get to this point?

The Kiddy Pool: It’s the Small Things

“Discipline is really another word for self control, for choosing a path and sticking to it”

When Existence Becomes Seemingly Impossible

Robin Williams’ tragic death woke me from the stupor of modern life yesterday.

CAPC Podcast #73 – Game for Good Christians, Death of Rom-Com

Surviving the Shopocalypse: When Fair Trade Won’t Save the World

What starts as a recognition of our own shortcomings can quickly morph into crushing despair that hurts not only us, but the people we mean to help.

Rid of Our Disgrace: A Compassionate, Practical and Informed Book about Sexual Assault (Free for CAPC Members)

For readers like me, this book is where things “get real,” exposing me to situations I may never have imagined but which are genuine struggles for others.

Holy Relics: A Focus on the Family Movie Review

John is injected with a drug that renders him unconscious.

A small group of twentysomethings seems to be high.

We see the hole in his flesh, the blood-streaked face

and more blood pooling on the ground.

Charles smokes a cigar.

CAPC Podcast #72 – Ann Coulter, My Husband’s a Troll, Colbert and Palin

Weird Al Yankovic’s Mandatory Fun: Who and What We Are

Yankovic makes the cross-examination humorous, welcoming, and, for a believer, a reminder that we share a common Creator despite our differences.

LOL Interwebz: The Fried Cheese That WOULD NOT DIE

TGI Friday’s Endless Appetizers remind us why fasting is an almost universal discipline across religions.

Exclusion and Embrace in ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’

At its core, ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ is about trust, about seeking to embrace the “other.”

CAPC Podcast #71 – LEFT BEHIND, Gungor, LUCY

Citizenship Confusion: Ebola and the Faithful Witness of Writebol and Brantly

Not Our Problem: Why Collectively Ignoring Mark Driscoll Isn’t an Option

The real question is whether we, as Christians, ought to be exacerbating the repercussions of a local pastor’s missteps.