On Social Media and ‘The Circle’
I’ve been thinking about this article from Rare the past week. The article discusses the trailer for the upcoming Tom Hanks/Emma Watson/John Boyega movie The Circle. The movie is an adaptation of a novel about a company like “Google or…
On Lack of Christian Consensus
I was reading an excerpt of Tony and Bart Campolo’s book Why I Left, Why I Stayed over at Hemant Mehta’s Friendly Atheist blog. The book focuses on Bart’s well known apostasy to Humanism and his father remaining a Christian….
On Doubt and Revival
So often the premise of revival is doubt. “Are you really saved?” “Have you changed enough in order to prove salvation?” “Do you actually believe?” “Growing up in church isn’t enough – you have to have a transformed life. Is…
On Moderation
It’s become my experience that what often passes for moderation (political, personal, religious, etc.) is actually measured restraint. That is not to say that there aren’t true moderates, or moderates of convenience, but exhibiting a measured temperament and sensibility is…
We Are All Orphans of the West
This First Things review of HBO’s The Young Pope has been tumbling about my mind the past week. This segment in particular has stood out. The young pope is an orphan, you see, having been abandoned at a young age…
