James H. Gilmore
James H. Gilmore is author of Look: A Practical Guide for Improving Your Observational Skills, The Experience Economy, and Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want, as well as a visiting lecturer in apologetics at Westminster Seminary California.
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How Many of the Ten Commandments Do Americans Think They’ve Broken This Month?
How guilty do Americans feel they are?
Come and See
While delivering an address at the Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology, Richard Lucas, the longtime pastor of St. Helen’s Bishopgate Church in London, England, once said that the phrase “and he also made the stars” at the end of Genesis 1:16 was perhaps the greatest throwaway line in all of Scripture. Having God’s galaxies-creating act […]
Jesus in Pop Culture
What are they saying about Jesus in today’s music, movies, and television? Who is the Hipster Jesus, and how does he differ from the Macho Jesus? More importantly, how are these popular expressions of Jesus different from the real Jesus? Joining the hosts to discuss this important issue are David Zahl of Mockingbird Ministries, and […]
Boring: Finding an Extraordinary God in an Ordinary Life by Michael Kelley
Arriving airline passengers are frequently asked, “How was your flight?” The question is often met with the matter-of-fact response, “Uneventful.” A typical jetliner such as a Boeing 737 can weigh over 100,000 pounds with passengers and baggage aboard. The aircraft can fly 500 miles per hour and needs less than 10,000 feet of runway to […]
Amusing Ourselves… is Dated
Nearly three decades after its publication, you still hear people refer to Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death. Especially among theological conservatives, the book is cited as the definitive critique of today’s media- and entertainment-saturated culture. Mind you, not much of the book’s content actually gets referenced, just the book’s title. The all-too-clever catchphrase has […]
