The Gospel Coalition

2 days ago | thegospelcoalition.org | Trevin Wax

A hundred years ago, progressive women marched through New York’s streets demanding suffrage and equal rights. Some smoked cigarettes in public—a provocative move intended to push against the stigma of smoking as merely a “man’s treat.” By the 1950s, smoking had become synonymous with glamour in Hollywood and normalized throughout society, with Big Tobacco company Philip Morris sponsoring America’s favorite TV show, I Love Lucy.

3 days ago | thegospelcoalition.org | Chad Huffman

Media theorist Marshall McLuhan argued that “the medium is the message.” As a teacher, I feel this daily. Given the choice between a lecture and a YouTube video, which one will help me present the content best? Do I read my students a quote from a book or show them a meme? Which one will have pedagogical power? I use a wide range of media in my classroom. But I’m always aware that the way I’m communicating is just as important as the content itself.

5 days ago | thegospelcoalition.org | Brett McCracken

Sinners, the new film from Ryan Coogler (Black Panther), is a box-office smash and critical hit. Already the highest-grossing original film in many years, Sinners has been heralded as a welcome sign of creative life in a Hollywood landscape rife with retreads, remakes, and IP-dependent tentpoles. Drawing from various genres (Southern Gothic, gangster films, vampire horror, black cinema), the film is undeniably original and well made. But what should Christians think about it?

1 week ago | thegospelcoalition.org | Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments for allowing Oklahoma to fund a Catholic charter school. Two days later, President Donald Trump proposed a budget that would cut the Education Department’s budget by 15 percent. It was the latest in his plan, announced at the end of March, to close the Department of Education entirely. “After 45 years, the United States spends more money on education, by far, than any other country,” he said.

1 week ago | thegospelcoalition.org | Trevin Wax

Evangelicalism has fractured. The past decade has led to a parting of the ways among many who once labored side by side to steward and promote the gospel. 1. Neo-fundamentalists, often most concerned about whatever is perceived as drift from the theological or political right2. Mainstream evangelicals, generally conservative, denominationally rooted, more attuned to external opposition to the church than internal rot3.