Christianity

I dont get out much, but the other evening, I was able to sneak over to the local German bierstube to catch up with an old friend. We go way back. Though were in somewhat different places in life, theres a brotherly connection that transcends commonalities an…

Marching under the symbol of a fist clutching a rosary that some have compared to a white power icon, tens of thousands of Poles showed up for an annual Independence Day rally convened by far-right groups in Warsaw Monday. Organizers described this years ma…

Christians are called to be witnesses of Christ to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). In our day, the ends of the earth are moving into our neighborhoods at least for those of us in America and Europe. Muslims are emigrating to our cities in record numbers. Ma…

On Sunday morning, news broke that Walter Mercado, the famed, flamboyant Puerto Rican astrologer, had died. The announcement was met with an outpouring of heartbreak from Latinx people all over the world, many concerned for how their mamis and nanas would han…

Vikings. The word evokes ferocious warriors, swords, battleaxes, and bloodthirsty raids. Most of what we know about the Vikings, however, are exaggerations written by people who encountered them. There is a way for us to hear the Vikings speak for themselves:…

It’s become a common refrain that what modern evangelicals do is not true to the spirit of Christianity, that it’s somehow a betrayal of Jesus’s message. Here’s a fine example of that kind of apologetics. We need to be really clear on something, because ther…

Kanye Wests latest album Jesus Is King lives up to the name in lyrical content, and is so full of Biblical references that it caused a spike in people searching for answers about Christianity. According to Faithwire, Jesus and What do Christians believe? saw…

While it may seem counterintuitive, there probably isn’t a film genre (excluding movies produced by Kirk Cameron, anyway) that more consistently or explicitly references Christian ideas and iconography than the horror genre. Between The Exorcist, The Conjuri…

Everyone has an opinion on Kanye West. This is a man who has become as well known for his inflated ego as his songs. His music, which fellow rap artists have hailed as genius, has often veered away from gangster posturing in favour of more thoughtful observat…

The saga of Kanye West’s cannonball into Christianity continues apace following the release of Jesus Is King. Now he’s made an appearance on James Corden’s “Carpool Karaoke” which, in this case, takes place on an airplane. This results in the usual hijinks Co…