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Unveiling the New Tentative Apologist Logo (and its retro roots)

August 24, 2016 by Randal

If you haven’t yet watched Stranger Things on Netflix, this may not resonate with you. It’s a fantastic retro-80s show with supernatural mystery cloak-and-dagger themes that provides ample homage to Stephen King, Stephen Spielberg (especially E.T.), John Carpenter, The Goonies, and all things eighties (Think of the retro 2011 film Super 8). For a great illustration, consider how the soundtrack […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: 80s, culture, Escape from New York, John Carpenter, pop culture, Stranger Things

Songs Jesus Would Sing: The birth of a new series

October 2, 2015 by Randal

In this post I am launching a new series titled “Songs Jesus Would Sing.” This series is borne of my general sense of alienation from contemporary Christian music coupled with my deep affinity for music played “out there in the world” and a recognition that much of that “worldly” music conveys themes which are profoundly […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Jesus, Kingdom of God, music, pop culture, worship

Who can save the box office from superhero movies?

May 4, 2014 by Randal

I woke up this morning, checked the box office numbers for the weekend, and saw with horror and disappointment (but not, I admit, surprise) that the new Spider-Man film (the second in a shamelessly rebooted series) is going to pull in $90 million at the North American box office. Amazing Spider-Man? You want to see […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: humor, movies, pop culture, superhero

Will Bibleman defeat Boghossian’s Epistemic Knight?

January 25, 2014 by Randal

A few days ago Derek M drew my (and the collective “our”) attention to the following proposal from Peter Boghossian for inculcating atheist beliefs and values in pop culture, and in particular within children: “Whether or not we can be successful in helping people see value in epistemological rigor is an empirical question. I have […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bibleman, kitsch, Peter Boghossian, pop culture

Bruno Mars on beauty and happiness: An exercise in taking vacuous pop lyrics seriously

September 27, 2013 by Randal

The other day I was doing some work when a song came on the radio. Since I’m blissfully unaware of the latest stars in pop music, I hadn’t previously heard of the artist (Bruno Mars) or the song (“Treasure”). It turns out that Mr. Mars is a popular artist these days. So now I’m in […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bruno Mars, happiness, pop culture

When Archie got Jesus: A history of Christian Archie comics

April 20, 2012 by Randal

When I was growing up I had a stack of Archie comics that was about fifty inches high (and that’s not even counting the dozens and dozens of digests). To this day I lament the fact that I gave those treasured comics away when I hit university. What was I thinking?! One day in the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Al Hartley, Archie, pop culture, Spire Christian Comics

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