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When Yeezus turned to Jesus: Why Jesus is King is not a...
For many Christians, Kanye West’s new album Jesus is King is the perfect example of a piece of Christian art. It is wholesome, uplifting and features the highest... Read more -
When Yeezus turned to Jesus: What’s going on with Kanye...
On Friday 25 October, hip hop superstar Kanye West released his 9th solo album. At the time of writing, it is number 2 in the UK album charts and expected to top the... Read more -
The Value of Art
It is often difficult to pin down the value of art. Most people would recognise that art, whether in the form of music, painting, writing, performance or something in... Read more -
Chris Pratt and taking our place on Schaeffer’s Staircase
Another awards ceremony, another celebrity name-checking God. At the Brits, it was Stormzy, at the recent MTV awards, it was Chris Pratt, whose nine rules for life... Read more -
Normal Sex, Cat Person and Possible Futures
Christians can easily give in to a doomed fatalism when observing the flow of our culture. We live, after all, in a day of dystopias. A day of Black Mirror, not Thomas... Read more -
Are Christians Called To Influence Society? A Note Of...
Let’s recap on what we’ve seen so far in this series. Christians holding positions of influence in society is a good thing. In fact, it’s an essential thing, if... Read more -
Are Christians Called To Influence Society? The Case For...
Different people’s voices have different weights. Diane Abott has more influence than my son’s primary school teacher. My MP’s voice is more influential than my... Read more -
Are Christians Called To Influence Society?
I’ve been thinking about the whole issue of influence a lot lately and recently strung together some of my thoughts into a series of posts on our arts blog. While I... Read more -
The Apologetic of Art
Why should we care about the arts? What is their unique contribution to humanity? And even more importantly, what is their worth for those of us who follow Jesus? Read more -
Sympathy for Jonah
David Benjamin Blower is a musician, writer and community theologian from south Birmingham, UK. For the last ten years he’s been making apocalyptic junk-folk music –... Read more - Page 1 2 >