Discerning the dangers behind fictional magic: An interview with author Marian A Jacobs
Author and editor Marian A. Jacobs discusses the power and perils of the fantasy genre in a recent interview about her newest book, "On Magic and Miracles."
Cap Stewart
Op-ed Contributor
Oscar season starts with a fizzle: ‘Conclave’ messes up Christian doctrine (review)
The grave error Lawrence makes (and which the movie itself makes as a whole) is treating certainty as the church’s enemy and doubt as its ally.
Martin Scorsese: A cautionary tale about authorial intent
Martin Scorsese is widely considered one of the greatest directors of all time. That such a renowned filmmaker could, at times, misjudge the effects of his artistic choices — and to such a great degree — should be a sobering reminder to us.
Author of ‘Digital Liturgies’ on how Christians can live wisely in an online age
Cultural commentator Samuel D. James discussed the influential and formative power of the internet in a recent interview. James’ newest book, Digital Liturgies, explores the hidden ideology and worldview-shaping nature of internet technology, as well as how Christians can rightly navigate through the digital world in faithfulness to Christ.
Disney’s live-action ‘Little Mermaid’ and ethnic favoritism
Even if and when our culture promotes diversity for the clandestine purposes of partiality, followers of Christ have no excuse to push back by promoting a different form of partiality.
Christians: Stop defending Hollywood porn
We need to reject our culture’s euphemistic nomenclature and call “simulated sex” for what it really is: softcore pornography.
In defense of ‘Encanto’ from Christian critics
“Encanto” is a charming break from the Disney mold, beautifully (albeit, inadvertently) promoting a distinctly Christian understanding of the world in a kaleidoscope of narrative elements, the likes of which have not been seen in a Disney film in years — if not decades.
'The Last Duel': When speaking truth to power self-destructs
We can condemn pornography without having to review it all first. And we can condemn pornographic filming methods regardless of where they are found and whether or not we have watched them.
What to our divided nation is the Fourth of July?
Unlike many of the orators of our day, who are prone to simplistic, hyper-partisan posturing, Douglass understood an important reality: like humanity itself, America’s history is filled with decency and depravity, nobility and noxiousness, heroism and heinousness. Pretending otherwise does a disservice to reality.
Q&A: Scholar dissects one of CS Lewis's hardest books, 'The Abolition of Man'
Ward’s commentary explains, clarifies, and contextualizes Lewis’s material to make it more accessible to a modern audience.
