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v.Culture - new article

Boundless is running my new article today entitled “v. Culture.” The article briefly critiques Christian approaches to culture, followed by six alternative ways to engage culture.

Plenary #6 - Jeremy Begbie
This is the address I have anticipated the most. I encountered Begbie in my seminary library, reading some of Voice of Creation’s Praise. Begbie’s most recent work is the in the Baker Engaging Culture series: Resounding Truth. Begbie demonstrates theological integration at its finest. I have so much to learn, so […]

Plenary #1 - Andy Crouch, Art as Gift, Calling & Obedience
Andy is perhaps best known as a columnist for Christianity Today; however he has started other magazines, written extensively on matters of faith and culture. His message was one of the best I’ve heard on the subject—compelling, intriguing, and engaging. Buy it and listen to […]

Plenary #4, David Taylor
Super-ordinate Truths. Important to distinguish between “Super-ordinate Truths” and “sub-ordinate truths.” Art is bad art when we get the super-ordinate truths wrong, truths that define the gospel. David did not say what the super-ordinate truths are, which is where we have some debate over artistic expression. He asserted that too often our […]

Plenary #3 - John Witvliet, Artworks in the Context of Public Assemblies
John Witvliet of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship noted for meanings of “worship”: 1) all of life 2) public assemblies and 3) personal acts of explicit adoration, in or outside of the church. Focusing on 2) worship in public assemblies, Witvliet set the […]

John Wilson @ Transforming Culture

I have been at the Transforming Culture conference all day, one of the best conferences Ive been to in a while. Interestingly, its a mix of creativity, academics, community, & campiness, yes it’s a bit campy in a wonderfully, playful way. Something really right about that campiness.
John Wilson (of Books & Culture fame) just finished […]