Back to the Future: A 40th Anniversary Lesson in Adaptability
As Christians who are supposed to be transformed and living sacrifices, we often seek to adapt our circumstances and not ourselves.
Eric: Bringing Light to the Darkness and Facing Our Monsters
Maybe we have to hit rock bottom in order to see ourselves in the mirror truthfully.
Red Dawn’s Conflicted Christian-Pagan Heroism and the Need for Chivalry
At its worst and best, Red Dawn challenges us to think about how we see war, masculinity, and honor.
White Noise: Modern Rituals and Plastic Wrapped Religion
White Noise skewers our comforts by offering a skewed view of our modern society.
1982 vs. 2022: Greed vs. Giving
In 1982, the era hadn’t decided to be known as the decade of greed yet. There was still a choice open to the culture: to better the world by giving and supporting others, or to greedily make oneself rich.
1980 vs. 2020: Anxiety We Have Heard on High
Comparing 1980 and 2020 reveals how pop culture dramatizes our anxieties.
No, There Isn’t a Global Satanic Cult That Ritually Abuses Millions of Children, but for a Long Time We All Really Wanted to Believe There Was
It’s not really a mystery why people yearn to believe bizarre and dramatic tales of evil: the actual truth about evil is that it’s mundane, pervasive, and unfixable, at least to us mortals.
Cool Takes: ‘Murder, She Wrote’ and Sleuthing for Virtue
‘Murder, She Wrote’ sleuth, Jessica Fletcher, subscribes to a higher law, and chooses to live accordingly. She only hopes you will do the same.
