What Lies Beneath: Layers of Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Ghostbusters: Afterlife depicts what we want to believe about reconciliation and eternal life.

Let’s Make America Truly Great Again: Revisiting Reconstruction

A brief survey of America’s flawed history reveals that during Reconstruction our government has attempted to position itself for greatness in terms of using its power to serve the lowliest in its caste system, formerly enslaved citizens.

Persuasion 203 | Just Preach the Gospel

If we reached every person with the gospel, would the common good happen naturally? Erin and Hannah discuss gospel matters in this episode of their For God and Country series.

Greedy Algorithms and the Gospel: How Computer Science Helps Us Appreciate God More

The computer science concept of “greedy algorithms” can help frame the gospel in a new and refreshing way.

Believing What We Want: Conspiracy Theories and the Gospel

Our hearts, bodies, and minds need to desire the right things, so that when we are confronted with information that plays on alternate desires and fears we are not persuaded.

“This is America”: Childish Gambino’s Warning to Evangelicals

So as we nod our heads, bounce our shoulders, and rap with Childish Gambino in “This is America,” we need not disregard the America he and many others perceive, nor dilute it down to sensationalized art.

Imagining Stranger Things

The Party can best explain what is taking place in Hawkins because they see through the lens of their imaginations.

False Promises of the Security Gospel

God hasn’t promised us perfect safety here on earth, but if you believe He has, you will have to question His character when it vanishes.

LOL Interwebz: I’ll Be Here All Week, Folks, and Don’t Forget to Tip Your Waiter

When we share the Gospel in a way that is deceptive, we strongly imply that the Gospel itself is deceptive.

Without Shame: Letting Abortion Stories Supplant Stigma

Wherever Christians choose judgment or the promotion of abortion stigma, wherever we approach those touched by abortion with anything short of the grace and truth of the Gospel, we truly do risk driving women directly into the circles of those who will condone, legitimize, praise, and ultimately perpetuate abortion as an acceptable “solution.”

2015: And Now for Some Good News

In a year of bad news and keenly felt desire for something better—our contemporary iteration of creation’s groaning in anticipation of its redemption, people need desperately to hear the Good News.

Not Far Removed: The Unveiling of Human Barbie

The “Human Barbie” is, in ways far beyond what Facebook photos and videos show, deeply human.

The Gospel According to Inigo Montoya (aka Mandy Patinkin)

Revenge will steal your life until you don’t know any other way to live.

Why The New Pope Shouldn’t Listen to Obama’s Advice

Robert Downey Jr., Walk the Line, and the Problem of Redemptive Themes

Ben Bartlett says redemption isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Dan's Real Life is A Lie

Ben Bartlett on why Dan’s advice industry should go on hiatus for a while.