John March

Category: Culture

  • Torture and the Church

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    A sadly revealing survey has just been released that found evangelical Christians are the most likely group to support torture.   White evangelical Protestants were the religious group most likely to say torture is often or sometimes justified — more than six in 10 supported it. People unaffiliated with any religious organization were least likely…

  • Good News for the Church in America

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    A new survey is about religion in America is out and here’s the summary from a CNN article: America is a less Christian nation than it was 20 years ago, and Christianity is not losing out to other religions, but primarily to a rejection of religion altogether, a survey published Monday found.  there has been…

  • Monkey and the Fish

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    This is a book about becoming water.  It is a call for churches and ministries to become adaptable, flexible, and fluid with their cultural surroundings.  Gibbons points to the increasing globalization occurring as the primary reason driving the need for churches to become this way.  Neighborhoods are becoming more diverse, and the amount of cultural information…

  • Resident Aliens

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    This book is written to challenge churches to avoid become places filled with nice people, pastors, and purposes.  Too often in the American church landscape, the church co-opts the language and issues of the day and then simply rephrases them in Christian speak.  They don’t say anything too controversial or counter-cultural.  Willimon and Hauerwas challenge…

  • U2, a model church?

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    In this cnn article, Denise Quan shares about her experience trying to get her hands on the new U2 album and her subsequent interview with the band.  U2’s new album launches tomorrow, and there is a lot of buzz about it already.  They are scheduled to play every night this week on Letterman’s show.  In the…

  • Advent Conspiracy Video

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    This is a very well done video on Christmas and consumerism. Watch and see.

  • Worst Job in America: CEO

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    Norm MacDonald, former SNL weekend Update man, used to joke about which job was the worst in America. Every year the results would come in and the worst job would be something like: Assistant Crack Whore. Everyone would laugh because it’s the superlative of worst-ness in the vocational world. Joking aside, I believe this year’s…

  • Religulous, point taken

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    Bill Maher’s new movie Religulous has just come out. I have seen him on a number of TV promotional spots like the Daily Show. He challenges the simplistic unscientific beliefs that so many religious people fervently hold to. He is shocked that people believe in a literal flood, a very real Satan figure, or the…

  • The Irony of Iron Man

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    I was in Boston a couple of weeks ago without Mary or my kids.  I took advantage of my free time to see the movie Iron Man.  Overall, this was probably my favorite superhero movie to date.  Robert Downey Jr. was wonderful.  He played the part well.  He was funny and winsome. What I found…

  • Onslaught

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    I once heard someone say that men become feminists the day they have a daughter. I’m already starting to experience the change. Along that line, this video is poignant.