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Move over, Harry Potter there is a new icon in magical fantasy entertainment, and her name is Sabrina. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina CAOS, a Netflix series now in its second season April 2019, has fast become one of the most popular shows on TV, ranked second behind the recently ended HBO series Game of Thrones. Based on the Archie comics of the same name by Roberto Aguierre Sacasa, this companion series to Riverdale TV show is set in the nearby town of Greendale. These Chilling Adventures are a macabre satanic horror story subjecting audiences to a glut of most everything occultism has to offer. CAOS is loosely tied to Sabrina the Teenage Witch 1996 2003, but whereas the older series was a campy situation comedy, this show is dark. CAOS centers around the lives of explicitly Satan worshipping witches and warlocks gathering as the Church of Night, learning satanic law, casting spells, performing unholy rituals, offering animal sacrifices, and chanting blasphemies such as Hail Satan in hopes of summoning Satan himself. Are all horror films and television shows off limits for Christians? How do we exercise discernment in what we watch? Why does pop culture have a fascination with the occult?

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author John D. Ferrer about his Christian Research Journal online exclusive television series review Sabrina, the Teenage Anti Christ.https://www.equip.org/article/sabrina-the-teenage-anti-christ/

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An Apologetic of Horror

Satanism: A Taste for the Dark Side

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Good Fantasy and Bad Fantasy

Once upon a Time: The Enduring Appeal of Fairy Tales

Television as the New Literature: Understanding and Evaluating the Medium

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The leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints LDS, or Mormon have reversed a Church policy that was implemented just three and a half years earlier. The original policy made on November 3, 2015, stated how a natural or adopted child of a parent living in a same gender relationship, whether the couple is married or cohabiting, may not receive a name and a blessing. In addition, the baptism of a child of a parent who has lived or is living in a same gender relationship was allowed only if the child was legally an adult 18 and committed to the teaching of the Church while not living with a parent who has lived or currently lives in a same gender cohabitation relationship or marriage.That decision resulted in loud protests by some members, including more than a thousand who claimed that they resigned their membership following that decision because they felt children were pawns in the Churchs stance against homosexuality. Reversing that policy, Dallin H. Oaks, the first counselor in the Churchs top leadership called the First Presidency, explained on an LDS Church website on April 4, 2019, that, effective immediately, children of parents who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender may be baptized without First Presidency approval if the custodial parents give permission for the baptism and understand both the doctrine that a baptized child will be taught and the covenants he or she will be expected to make. In addition, babies of non member parents or parents including LGBTQ parents can request their baby to receive an official blessing. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author author Eric Johnson about his Christian Research Journal online exclusive feature article Gods Directive or Political Adjustment? Change Made to Controversial LDS Policy for LGBTQ Members.https://www.equip.org/article/gods-directive-or-political-adjustment-change-made-to-controversial-lds-policy-for-lgbtq-members/ We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the JOURNAL . To subscribe to the JOURNAL, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the JOURNAL ,you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast.
To partner with us and to help us continue to create free online exclusive articles and podcast episodes, we are offering a special promotion for two books about Mormonism. For your gift, you will receive either Mormonism 101: Examining the Religion of the Latter day Saints or Answering Mormons Questions: Ready Responses for Inquiring Latter day Saints. Click here for more information. https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-mormonism-101-and-answering-mormons-questions/
Other articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author
Episode 121 Pearl Before Swine and Evangelism
Episode 105 Mormon Evangelism in the Twenty First Century
Converting Them Softly with Their Words
Moving Mormons toward a Personal Awareness of Sin
The Mormon View of Salvation: A Gospel That Is Truly Impossible
The Bridge or the Beehive? Mormon Apologetics in a Postmodern Age
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The leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints LDS, or Mormon have reversed a Church policy that was implemented just three and a half years earlier. The original policy made on November 3, 2015, stated how a natural or adopted child of a parent living in a same gender relationship, whether the couple is married or cohabiting, may not receive a name and a blessing. In addition, the baptism of a child of a parent who has lived or is living in a same gender relationship was allowed only if the child was legally an adult 18 and committed to the teaching of the Church while not living with a parent who has lived or currently lives in a same gender cohabitation relationship or marriage.That decision resulted in loud protests by some members, including more than a thousand who claimed that they resigned their membership following that decision because they felt children were pawns in the Churchs stance against homosexuality. Reversing that policy, Dallin H. Oaks, the first counselor in the Churchs top leadership called the First Presidency, explained on an LDS Church website on April 4, 2019, that, effective immediately, children of parents who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender may be baptized without First Presidency approval if the custodial parents give permission for the baptism and understand both the doctrine that a baptized child will be taught and the covenants he or she will be expected to make. In addition, babies of non member parents or parents including LGBTQ parents can request their baby to receive an official blessing. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author author Eric Johnson about his Christian Research Journal online exclusive feature article Gods Directive or Political Adjustment? Change Made to Controversial LDS Policy for LGBTQ Members.https://www.equip.org/article/gods-directive-or-political-adjustment-change-made-to-controversial-lds-policy-for-lgbtq-members/ We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the JOURNAL . To subscribe to the JOURNAL, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the JOURNAL ,you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast.

To partner with us and to help us continue to create free online exclusive articles and podcast episodes, we are offering a special promotion for two books about Mormonism. For your gift, you will receive either Mormonism 101: Examining the Religion of the Latter day Saints or Answering Mormons Questions: Ready Responses for Inquiring Latter day Saints. Click here for more information. https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-mormonism-101-and-answering-mormons-questions/

Other articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author

Episode 121 Pearl Before Swine and Evangelism

Episode 105 Mormon Evangelism in the Twenty First Century

Converting Them Softly with Their Words

Moving Mormons toward a Personal Awareness of Sin

The Mormon View of Salvation: A Gospel That Is Truly Impossible

The Bridge or the Beehive? Mormon Apologetics in a Postmodern Age

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Hardly a day goes by without an editorial or video being published by a concerned parent lamenting their childrens obsession with Fortnite. If you are a parent yourself, as summer approaches, you are likely bracing yourself for the barrage of requests for more screen time to play with friends. From June 2018 to March 2019, Fortnites player base grew from 125 million players to 250 million, making it one of the most popular games in the world. Depending on who you talk to, Fortnite is either a colorful game that promotes creative problem solving and teamwork, or something more akin to an illegal drug. For many parents, it can feel impossible to discern between unwarranted moral panic and reasonable loving concern. When Fortnite causes so many problems in the home, many will take that as an opportunity to be done with games altogether. This would be a mistake, particularly when there are many worthwhile games out there with redemptive themes and benefits. Since summer is a time when we have more free time than usual to devote to our families, this episode highlights some video and board games you can allow your kids to play. There are video and board games that provide healthier, less compulsive reward loops and provide kids and parents with intrinsic rewards. These are games around which you and your children can have meaningful theological conversations and are games that can help them build healthier relationships both with technology and with you. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Drew Dixon about his online-exclusive Christian Research Journal feature article Summer Vacation, Kids, and Video Games: Better Alternatives to Fortnite. https://www.equip.org/article/summer-vacation-kids-and-video-games-better-alternatives-to-fortnite/. We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the JOURNAL . To subscribe to the JOURNAL, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the JOURNAL ,you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. To partner with us and help us to continue to create free online exclusive content, we are offering a special promotion for a book about gaming by Journal author Kevin Schut. For your gift, you can receive Of Games and God. To partner with us, click here.https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-of-games-and-god-a-christian-exploration-of-video-games

Hardly a day goes by without an editorial or video being published by a concerned parent lamenting their childrens obsession with Fortnite. If you are a parent yourself, as summer approaches, you are likely bracing yourself for the barrage of requests for more screen time to play with friends. From June 2018 to March 2019, Fortnites player base grew from 125 million players to 250 million, making it one of the most popular games in the world. Depending on who you talk to, Fortnite is either a colorful game that promotes creative problem solving and teamwork, or something more akin to an illegal drug. For many parents, it can feel impossible to discern between unwarranted moral panic and reasonable loving concern. When Fortnite causes so many problems in the home, many will take that as an opportunity to be done with games altogether. This would be a mistake, particularly when there are many worthwhile games out there with redemptive themes and benefits. Since summer is a time when we have more free time than usual to devote to our families, this episode highlights some video and board games you can allow your kids to play. There are video and board games that provide healthier, less compulsive reward loops and provide kids and parents with intrinsic rewards. These are games around which you and your children can have meaningful theological conversations and are games that can help them build healthier relationships both with technology and with you.

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Drew Dixon about his online-exclusive Christian Research Journal feature article Summer Vacation, Kids, and Video Games: Better Alternatives to Fortnite.https://www.equip.org/article/summer-vacation-kids-and-video-games-better-alternatives-to-fortnite/

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To partner with us and help us to continue to create free online exclusive content, we are offering a special promotion for a book about gaming by Journal author Kevin Schut. For your gift, you can receive Of Games and God. To partner with us, click here.https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-of-games-and-god-a-christian-exploration-of-video-games/

Since it is a safe generalization to say that every person who has ever lived has experienced evil in some form or fashion, including pain and suffering, answering the problem of evil is a formidable task. Due to the breadth and depth of the effects of evil, the problem of evil is not only the number one intellectual obstacle to belief in God, but also the number one emotional obstacle to belief in God. The emotional problem of evil, an aversion to a God who would allow suffering and evil, is even more difficult to answer due to the power of the emotional objection. Essentially, the answer to both the intellectual and emotional problem of evil, though sounding simplistic, is the Christian God. Whereas the intellectual problem of evil elicits a philosophical response with cold, hard facts and argumentation, the emotional problem requires a counselors response with a genuine concern for the skeptics suffering. Many times, we may hurt inside, anger with a God who would allow us or others to suffer. This problem may be one that momentarily undertakes no argumentation at all but requires a loving friend who will be a compassionate listener. However, this is also a time when apologetics and our study of the truth can make a striking impact, both for the sufferer and for the one grieving with him or her.This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with Journal author Mary Jo Sharp about her Christian Research Journal feature article Addressing the Emotional Problem of Evil: Why Christians Hope https://www.equip.org/article/addressing-emotional-problem-evil-christians-hope/ We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal and join our team of print subscribers. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ Please partner with us and help us to continue to create free online exclusive content and this free podcast. We are offering a special promotion for two books mentioned in this episode. For your gift , you can receive either The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis or Why Does God Allow Evil by Clay Jones. To partner with us, click here.https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-why-does-god-allow-evil-and-the-problem-of-pain/ Another article by this Author out our Website equip.org, Did Muhammad Believe in Womens Rights? . Other podcasts and articles about this topic:, Why Did God Let That Child Die?, Episode 114 Why Did God Let that Child Die?, Why God Permits Evil with Clay Jones, Responding to Evil Christianly, When Religious Doubt Grows Agonizing, Episode 108 Religious Doubt,Addressing the Problem of Evil,Steve Jobs, Jesus, and the Problem of Evil,How Should Christians Approach the Problem of Evil?,Sci Fi, Free Will, and the Problem of Evil.

Ban Conversion Therapy is the current rallying cry of the gay rights movement. Across the United States, LGBTQ activists and their allies call for the criminalization of counseling geared to helping people turn from homosexual behavior a form of counsel often labeled Conversion Therapy, and most of that counseling is provided by Christian counselors, pastors, or ministry leaders. Conversion Therapy remains poorly defined, subject to reinterpretations according to the whims of whoever criticizes it. The actual work done by counselors in this field hardly matches the definition of Conversion Therapy, yet the term, ominous and loaded with emotional baggage, helps disparage the persons to whom it is attached. The problem with Conversion Therapy, then, is the way it is presented sometimes inaccurately sometimes dishonestly and the way it is practiced. Like other forms of counseling, some of its practitioners have errored seriously, but that hardly calls for an end to the practice itself. Ultimately, the outcome of efforts to ban Conversion Therapy will have enormous ramifications for freedom of religion and the churchs ability to continue preaching and teaching the full counsel of God in Scripture. For this reason, believers should closely watch, and act on, efforts to criminalize Conversion Therapy. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Joe Dallas about Volume 42, Number 2 issue article Whats is the Problem with Conversion Therapy? We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the JOURNAL . To subscribe to the JOURNAL, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the JOURNAL ,you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. To partner with us and help us to continue to create free online exclusive content, we are offering a special promotion for two books by Joe Dallas. For your gift of any amount, you can receive either Speaking of Homosexuality or When Homosexuality Hits Home. To partner with us, click here. https://www.equip.org/product/premium-joe-dallas-books/ Other articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author: at equip.org Episode 103 Homosexuality and Modern Ministry: Part Two Part Two: Identity, Terminology, and the Revoice Conference Part one of this two part series: Homosexuality and Modern Ministry: Examining Old Approaches and Assessing New Ones Part One: A History of Missions and Missteps Episode 101 Homosexuality and Modern Ministry: Part One Wrestling With The Gay Christian Label The Casual Sexual Revolution Book Review of: American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus Boy Erased Movie Review When Vague Is in Vogue: A New but Not Improved Approach to Homosexuality Is Growing among Evangelicals Episode 065: Love, Simon Film Review When Hearts Are Young and Gay with Joe Dallas The Bully Pulpit: When Gay Teens Commit Suicide, Are Preachers to Blame? Is Gay Christian an Acceptable Identity? Of Bathroom Bills and Basic Beliefs The Transsexual Dilemma Hath God Said? Assessing the Churchs Change of Heart about Homosexuality When Someone You Love Says, I am Gay

Early on the morning of May 5, 2019, Rachel Held Evans, only 37, died suddenly after a brief hospitalization. She left behind her husband, two very young children, and a theological legacy that will take years to unravel. She was immediately and intensely mourned on Twitter, her preferred social media platform and a Christian subcultural space she helped shape. Evans fled Bible belt evangelicalism for the comfortable doubts of The Episcopal Church, frustrated that she had not been able to carve out theological space for herself. If she could have witnessed the heartbreak upon her death, however, she would have seen that she irrevocably had altered the face of American evangelical Christianity. Rachel Held Evanss blog posts, books, and conferences provided refuge for many in the evangelical Christian church who questioned their faith and had many doubts about what the Bible taught about sexuality, hell, and creation. This podcast is a conversation about the influence of Rachel Held Evanss beliefs and is a discussion about how she interpreted Scripture, why she was popular among evangelicals, and what her popularity says about the current state of the evangelicalism. This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with Journal author Anne Kennedy about her Christian Research Journal online exclusive feature article The Theological Legacy of Rachel Held Evans.https://www.equip.org/article/the-theological-legacy-of-rachel-held-evans/ Wed also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/

It seems like every student copies others homework and to some students it seems as if teachers dont care if students cheat. And so, the copying proceeds without a thought or care. The assignment is turned in with the confident hope of a perfect score. The over inflated grade point average is maintained, along with the future hope for admission into a prestigious college and, ultimately, a posh job. Given this mentality, pervasive among students and parents, the recent college admissions scandal should hardly come as a surprise. When the moral and social order is severed from the sacred order, as it is in our disenchanted age, then why not cheat and manipulate the admissions system in order to secure your childs spot in their college of choice? If happiness consists in the unfettered satisfaction of desire, as is widely thought, then why not, once in college, continue to cheat, manipulate, and pay your way through in order to graduate? Why not indeed? There are at least three problems with this behavior and the mindset that supports it. Given the outrage directed toward those rich and famous celebrities and business owners who have allegedly manipulated the system to benefit their own aims, many see at least one of the problems: the injustice of it all. When the haves steal the spots of the have nots by bribing their childs way into an elite university, others who are worthy of admittance on their own merit will be left out. This is unjust. It is wrong. It is theft over honest toil. But there are other,problems too, and in order to see them, we need a clear picture of the moral life. We need to recapture a vision of human flourishing that is actually true to the way things are. This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with Journal author Paul Gould about his Christian Research Journal online exclusive feature article Conscience, Justice, Morality, and the College Admissions Scandal.https://www.equip.org/article/conscience-justice-morality-and-the-college-admissions-scandal/ Wed also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. And these resources include our free online-exclusive articles, such as this feature article, as well as our free as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. To partner with us and to help us continue to create free online exclusive articles and this podcast, we are offering a special promotion for Paul Goulds new book Cultural Apologetics: Renewing the Christian Voice, Conscience, and Imagination in a Disenchanted World. Please click here for more information. https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-cultural-apologetics-book-and-dvd-video-lectures/ian Voice, Conscience, and Imagination in a Disenchanted World. Please click here for more information. https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-cultural-apologetics-book-and-dvd-video-lectures/

Editors Note: This conversation includes plot spoilers from the film Tolkien.The new film biopic Tolkien covers the early years of the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. This podcast is a conversation about J.R.R. Tolkiens early life, his Christian faith, themes in his work, his love of languages, and why his work has such staying power more than seventy five years after first being published.This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with Journal author Philip Tallon about his Christian Research Journal online exclusive film review article Tolkiens First Fellowship.https://www.equip.org/article/tolkiens-first-fellowship-a-film-review-of-tolkien-2019/ Wed also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal,https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help to provide the resources that minister to people worldwide who come to get answers at equip.org. And these resources include our free online exclusive articles like this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. To partner with us and to help us continue to create free online exclusive content, we are offering a special promotion for two books about the work of J. R. R. Tolkien. For your gift, you will receive either The Messiah Comes to Middle Earth: Images of Christs Threefold Office in The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit Party: The Vision of Freedom that Tolkien Got, and the West Forgot. https://www.equip.org/product/the-messiah-comes-to-middle-earth-and-the-hobbit-party-the-vision-of-freedom-that-tolkien-got-and-the-west-forgot/ Other articles and podcasts featuring this author are at www.equip.org Alfred Hitchcock films: Episode 100: A. Hitchcock Films Caught Looking: Hitchcocks Films in the Age of Instagram Issue 42, 1, the most recent issue if you subscribe today. The Coen Brothers Films: Episode 050: O Father, Where Art Thou? The Coen Brothers and the Riddle of Existence O Father, Where Are Thou? The Coen Brothers and the Riddle of Existence The Films of Quentin Tarantino: Episode 001: The Films of Quentin Tarantino Reservoir Gods: Quentin Tarantinos Premodern Theology