After the Virginia v. Memphis game became a blowout last night, I flipped over to catch some of the newest installment of Cosmos: Spacetime Odyssey with Neil deGrasse Tyson. The show is one part astronomy, one part history of scientists, and one part imaginative CGI. Under Tyson’s supervision, each episode focuses on certain principles of astrophysics. HeContinueContinue reading “The Scientific Method as God”
Author Archives: Chad C. Ashby
“Breathe In, Breathe Out”: Lecrae on The Word
If you were to search the song title “Breathe In, Breathe Out” on Rapgenius, you would find two very different entries. The first was put out by Kanye West on College Dropout (2004), and it’s rhymes are concerned with…well, let the man speak for himself: “now I’m rappin bout money, h*#s, and rims again.” However,ContinueContinue reading ““Breathe In, Breathe Out”: Lecrae on The Word”
Does a Christian Artist Have to Make “Christian” Art?
Do Christians have to paint pictures of crosses, shepherds, and slain lambs? Is a band selling out when it chooses to write less “Christian” lyrics on their newest album? Does every movie produced by Christians have to have an evangelistic/apologetic bent? Alex Medina writes at The Gospel Coalition, “Out of our zeal we have only givenContinueContinue reading “Does a Christian Artist Have to Make “Christian” Art?”
Tyson’s Cosmos: “We Are Made of Star-stuff”
Sunday night the self-proclaimed “bravest networks” Fox and Nat Geo premiered Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson. The show is a reboot of astro-physicist Carl Sagan’s television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. Throughout Sunday night’s program, Sagan played scientific forebear, mentor, and muse to Tyson’s impassioned narration. In the final minutes of Sunday’s episode heContinueContinue reading “Tyson’s Cosmos: “We Are Made of Star-stuff””
It’s not Your T-Shirt’s Job to Evangelize
Testamints. Paintings of Jesus carrying a man. Poems about footprints in the sand. T-shirts with Christian slogans. “Christian” films. Fish bumper stickers. These are a few of my least favorite things. As Christians, we love to surround ourselves with “Christian” paraphernalia. We will wear that t-shirt with the blood splattered cross on it. We willContinueContinue reading “It’s not Your T-Shirt’s Job to Evangelize”
Church Discipline is Baaaa-d.
That might possibly be the most terrible pun of a title I have come up with to date. Oh well, onward and upward. Does this sound familiar–“When your brother sins against you, go to him and tell him his fault…”? We all recognize this passage from Matthew 18:15-17; it’s the one about church discipline. Many churches areContinueContinue reading “Church Discipline is Baaaa-d.”
Is ‘House of Cards’ Redeemable?
For a while now I have noticed friends of mine mention House of Cards, and I was aware that it had garnered some critical acclaim. So, last week, my wife and I decided to give it a shot. A Brief Briefing The show follows Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey), the House Majority Whip from S.C., inContinueContinue reading “Is ‘House of Cards’ Redeemable?”