The “He Gets Us” campaign has people talking. During Super Bowl LVIII, the He Gets Us campaign aired two commercials, together costing $20 million. The mission of “He Gets Us” is to help everyone “rediscover the love story of Jesus.” But the truth is, rather than helping people “rediscover” the love of Jesus, the “He Gets Us” campaign redefines the love of Jesus. About the ads The first commercial showed a montage of people from…
Even a web site like “Mercury: Your Daily Emerald Blog,” which is a hodgepodge of New Age, self-centered tripe, can get it right now and then. Or, at least, come close. A 2016 blog on the site offered “7 Lessons from Famous People About Forgiving Others.” The “famous people” ranged from Jennifer Aniston to Joel Osteen to Oprah Winfree to Nelson Mandela. And the reasons the celebrities talked about forgiveness varied as much as the…
On July 12, Amy Grant appeared on Apple Music’s Proud Radio with host Hunter Kelly. She participated as part of a conversation about the LGBTQ community’s place in Country music. She was also there, in part, to promote the 30th anniversary of the release of one of the most significant albums in Contemporary Christian Music history, her Heart in Motion. Grant’s name and her rise to popularity in the 1970s is synonymous with CCM. And…
I’m not a fan of “reality television” for reasons too lengthy to list here. But sometimes even the exploitation of “reality TV” can remind us of the better things we should aspire to. Consider the case of Rachael Kirkconnell. In mid-March, the 25th season of “The Bachelor” concluded with Matt James selecting Rachael Kirkconnell to be the woman he said he wanted to pursue a relationship with. But the woke mob had already marched through…