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“I used to think my music would be my ministry — the music itself. Now, I think my life as a musician will be my ministry, if God allows that for me.”
“The Shack”: What God Should Have Said?
By Walter Henegar
Good fiction has the potential to illuminate biblical truth, but not when it effectively supplants it. Walter Henegar reviews the bestselling novel, “The Shack.”
The success of the Harrison Center for the Arts in Indianapolis has attracted interest from all corners of the Christian landscape, and has become “a model for all of us who want to engage the culture.”
“Prince Caspian” on Film: A Victorious Return to Narnia
By Stephen McGarvey
At its core, “Prince Caspian” is about belief versus doubt, a theme familiar to those who know the work of C.S. Lewis.
Beyond “Expelled”
By Robert J. Tamasy
Westminster Presbyterian Church offered a presentation by Nancy Pearcey on the growing pervasiveness of Darwinian and naturalistic thinking in virtually every area of society.
Where Have All the Poems Gone?
By Aaron Belz
Rather than lamenting poetry’s disappearance, it may be more productive to think about the ways poetry creeps into our daily lives.
The Call to Create Culture
By Joel Pelsue
For too long, the Church has seen Hollywood as a modern-day Nineveh, and hoped for its destruction. It’s time to engage, to be at the forefront of creating songs, novels, and films that inspire our nation, and ultimately our world.
Old Hymns For a New Generation
By Melissa Morgan
In recent decades, hymns have been seen as old-fashioned, and many in the Baby Boomer generation have eschewed them in favor of seeker-sensitive praise choruses. But postmoderns seem to resonate with the rich tradition of hymnody.
Nurturing the Next C.S. Lewis
By Susan Fikse
Art Within Looks to Blend Gifts with Faith
Contemporary Art and the Incarnation
By Elissa Weichbrodt & Jeff Morton
For many Christians, contemporary art holds little appeal. Common wisdom suggests that anything made after 1960 is at best obscure and at worst irreligious or obscene. Yet arteven contemporary artmatters.