Two Handed Warriors

Classic wisdom from a classy TV Writer and Man of God by Ron Austin This article is a revised version of a speech given at a conference concerning the role of Christians in the entertainment industry, sponsored by the Act One screenwriting program held at the Mears Center of Hollywood Presbyterian Church nearly a decade ago. [...]

One of today’s most articulate voices for faithful engagement in culture, Dean Batali, is best known for his work on That ‘70s Show, where he served as a writer for seven years and as an executive producer for the show’s final season.

Good art tests boundaries. It always has. We artists just need to check our motives (and egos) before we endeavor to create it. A Conversation with Randy Elrod’s: Why Christians Are Creating More “Edgy” Art, and C.J. Darlington’s, “Writing edgy… for all the wrong reasons. by Jeff Goins | 18 Comments | Twitter |  Facebook | Google+ Sometimes in our quest to usher art in to [...]

How shalom, common good and prosperity can come from an unlikely place. by Jon Hirst from The Acton Institute Today we share an interview with Dr. Gary David Stratton, PhD, Chairman of the Christian Ministries Department at Bethel University, Senior Editor at TwoHandedWarriors.com, a pastor at Basileia Hollywood, and Director of the Hollywood Bezalel Initiative. You can follow Gary [...]

Has anti-religion become the new religion of delayed adolescence? Part 10 in series How Millennials Who Gave Up on Church are Redefining Faith and Re-engaging Community. by Mike Friesen The YouTube video, “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” (below) has been viewed over 20 million times now. It was a viral video, and represents a [...]

Is there a double standard when it comes to hate speech? As a society, we tend to view rooting against someone just because of their religion as an example of prejudice.  So what makes rooting against Tim Tebow because he’s a Christian any different? By Adam Caress I must admit, I was a bit out [...]

(Note: This interview was conducted before Hard Times‘ cancellation.) I can only hope that Randy Elrod‘s posts on edgy artists helped prepare you for today’s interview with Kevin Chesley, screen and television writer extraordinaire. Kevin’s current assignment is writing for MTV’s hit series The Hard Times of RJ Berger, whose Season 2 Premier is TONIGHT at [...]

Young Americans are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled Than Ever Before–and More Miserable by Joanna Chau Millennials, the generation of young Americans born after 1982, may not be the caring, socially conscious environmentalists some have portrayed them to be, according to a study described in the new issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The study, which [...]

The TV and Film industry’s sexualization of teenage girls pales in comparison to the combination of sex and violence in the music industry Adam Caress is a thoughtful inside commentator on music, faith and culture for Mule Variations: Music Culture Ideas (and a favorite former student.) In this powerful, disturbing, and carefully researched post, Adam [...]

Everything changed the day I met the Devil Rev. Dale S. Kuehne, Ph.D. is the Richard L. Bready Chair of Ethics, Economics, and the Common Good and founding director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College, in Manchester, NH.  He also serves as pastor of Emmanuel Covenant Church in Nashua, NH, [...]