This is Empires of the Future, conversations to encourage the Church in a time of change.

The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan

Beginning in 1678, Puritan John Bunyan published The Pilgrim’s Progress, a religious allegory that took the English-speaking world by storm and remains one of the most read books in the English language. According to the Encyclopedia Brittanica, it is the most famous Christian allegory still in print.

Written while the author was in prison, this work attempts to consider and reflect upon all manner of troubles the christian will encounter in his or her life, and remains a gold mine of devotional reflection and christian imagination and encouragement. In this episode Jackson and Denton reflect upon their own experiences with the book.

"The Empires of the future will be Empires of the Mind." - Winston Churchill

This is Empires of the Future, conversations to encourage the Church in a time of change.

Why Don’t Men Sing in Church?

Some men do sing in church, to be sure. But many don’t. A great deal of ink has been spilled about contemporary worship music and whether or not it encourages men to get involved in the corporate gathering, but we want to ask a few different questions in the four parts of this episode:

1. Is there a biblical mandate to sing?
2. What is singing about anyway?
3. Are we assuming that women do sing in church? Is the struggle to get men to engage in singing a new development in the church?
4. How do we foster and encourage male voices?

The article that we discuss in this episode is entitled “All about that Tenor: Why Men Don’t Sing in Worship” by Kelsey Kramer McGinnis for Christianity Today

https://www.christianitytoday.com/2023/09/men-not-singing-in-church-male-voice-masculinity/

"The Empires of the future will be Empires of the Mind." - Winston Churchill This is Empires of the Future, conversations to encourage the Church in a time of change.

This is Empires of the Future, conversations to encourage the Church in a time of change.

Beauty and the Eye of the Beholder

In this episode, we consider the article “Gaming’s Uneven Progress Toward Diverse Female Figures” by Jamal Michel for the New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/arts/video-games-women-gamergate.html

In addition to considering how women have been and should be portrayed in video games, we ask more foundational questions about beauty and dignity as well.

"The Empires of the future will be Empires of the Mind." - Winston Churchill This is Empires of the Future, conversations to encourage the Church in a time of change.