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Don Lattin’s Jesus Freaks
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Patton Dodd
One of the most unshakeable reading experiences I’ve had in the last year is Don Lattin’s Jesus Freak: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge. Taking a cue from Jon Krakauer’s Under the Banner of Heaven, Lattin uses the story of a freakish murder-suicide as the occasion to research the nature…
If it’s happening in Colorado Springs…
By
Patton Dodd
Brandon Fibbs, a longtime Colorado Springs resident, political junkie, movie reviewer for Christianity Today, and current DC resident, reads Timothy Egan’s recent blog post on cultural and political shifts in Colorado Springs and adds some observations of his own: I recently spoke with a friend who is a longtime member of the Colorado Springs press.…
Angelina Jolie, Bible Centerfold?
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Patton Dodd
Last year, a Swedish ad man named Dag Soderberg published a Bible made in the image of Vogue magazine. Called Bible Illuminated: The Book, it featured glossy images of models and artistic contemporary photography, and it caused quite a stir–Sweden saw a 50% rise in Bible sales during 2007.  Now, a New Testament version is…
Young Earth Wins Cameron Strang’s Facebook Poll
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Patton Dodd
Cameron Strang, the publisher of Relevant Magazine and the subject of much discussion this summer when he first accepted, then declined an invitation to pray at the Democratic National Convention, posted an informal poll question in his Facebook and Twitter statuses yesterday: “I’m curious, Facebook and Twitter friends: God is the creator, but do you…
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