1985 vs. 2025: A Hope/less Hallelujah

Maybe our lesson from 1985 and 2025 is to be strengthened in the three hopes of Scripture, in giving the past, present, and future over to God.

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.

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.

Occupied Reveals the Difficulty of Doing Good in a World That Refuses to Define It

In this controversial Norwegian TV series, deception and conflict go hand in hand.

When You Think God Is on Your Side: The Fall of the Russian Empire

Nicholas’s assumption that he was acting on God’s behalf to preserve the divinely-blessed Russian Empire pushed the country into disaster. 

Unity and Diversity in the Olympic Pool

Swimmer Lilly King claims to be the good American Olympian in the face of the Russian doping scandal, but the truth of the matter is more complicated.

LOL Interwebz: Putin the Memes Away

“Freedom of speech,” at least insofar as it applies to viral Internet content, by nature privileges the rights of a cruel, capricious mob over the rights of a private individual.

CAPC Podcast #9 – Putin, Kickstarter, Colbert

During the Olympics, Russian Christians Work for Reform and Revival

If the Sochi Games are the hallmark of a corrupt government led by a tyrannical despot, they are also symbolic of the way Christians are praying for reform.

ELSEWHERE: The Road (Much, Much) Less Traveled by the Russian Old Believers

Does Russia Truly Care for the Fatherless?

Russian Orthodox Christians take on Apple’s “Blasphemous” Logo

Music at Mars Hill: Picking Sides in the Putin vs. Pussy Riot Case

“Is this a case of religious persecution or does Pussy Riot have legitimate political motivations?”