"Modern popular culture is not just the latest in a series of diversions. It is rather a culture of diversion," says Ken Myers. 56 "Since it is the purpose of most forms of popular culture to provide exciting distraction," says Myers, "we should not be surprised that...
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All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes 5
Ken Myers calls the "Music Comparison Chart" idea ("if you like artist 'A' in secular music, then there's a good chance you'll like some of the music of 'B' in Christian music") "striving to conform to the world." It's refreshing to see a non-partisan like Myers say...
All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes 4
What's so wrong with pop culture? It may not necessarily be the content of its TV shows, movies, and music, says Ken Myers. Instead its danger may be that it "specializes in instant gratification." Myers notes that "like most instant things, it may spoil your taste...
Christian Response to “A Common Word”
Because it would not be responsible for me just to accept the word of the video I transcribed in the previous post, I read the response to "A Common Word" issued by Christian leaders in the New York Times. I encourage you to read it and formulate your own opinion. I...
The best response I’ve seen to “A Common Word”
Below I've included a transcript I made (because I needed to have the text for a non-blog reason) of a new video on the Desiring God site. This is John Piper's response to the Christian response to "A Common Word," a document intended to promote Muslim-Christian...
Liberty, License, Legalism
I recently recommended a message by my pastor, Mark Minnick. Here are my notes from that message, taken on my trusty Palm IIIxe. Minnick does something he rarely does: he chooses a controlling metaphor. In the hands of many such a metaphor is a cheesy device. But used...
All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes 2
"Popular culture, like the meat offered to idols in 1 Corinthians 10," says Ken Myers, "is a part of the created order, part of the earth that is the Lord's, and thus something capable of bringing innocent pleasure to believers." But he warns that "popular culture has...
All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes 1
Ken Myers is the richly pleasing voice—and the far-ranging mind—behind the Mars Hill Audio Journal. He wrote a book in 1988 for Crossway's Turning Point Christian Worldview Series, called All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes. I found it so profitable that I'm going...
TNIV and blogging protocol
I appreciated the following comment and thought it worth a posted reply: Hi Mark! It looks like you have a great blog here. I wanted to make a couple of comments about your remarks toward the TNIV, and my intent is to do so in the spirit of discussion and not...
A filler post, I know
I hope to post a little substance on the TNIV, answering a great comment I got from an SBTS Ph.D. student and part-time teacher, but I need to do that after I finish Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther for the Bible Reading Program at BJU Press. Until then... My ultimate team,...