Tag Archives: Katy Perry

Does God Talk To Katy Perry?

Posted on February 14, 2015 by PaulVK

No “God Talk” Please I completely understand the reason the secular west attempts to exclude “god talk” from public conversation. “God talk” is problematic. Katy Perry was raised in a Pentecostal Christian home, loves speaking in tongues and sees her spirituality … Continue reading →

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God Speaks to Katy Perry Before Her Superbowl Performance

Posted on February 11, 2015 by PaulVK

dailymail with video the Blaze Katy Perry Her-meneutics blog Katy Perry “I’m still a Christian”  Katy Perry’s Rolling Stones Piece

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Esther for Advent Act 2: What Haman Saved Esther From

Posted on December 5, 2013 by PaulVK

“I’m a romantic, and I kind of believe in this fairy tale. I think that’s always been to my advantage. If you can believe in something great I feel that you can achieve something great. I have that same belief … Continue reading →

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Katy Perry’s Prism

Posted on November 29, 2013 by PaulVK

ThinkChristian.net There is no image too sacred for Perry to use for her own purposes. Her spiritual vocabulary is rich indeed, but it seems to point to a hodgepodge of motivational philosophy and hedonism that is completely disconnected from anything … Continue reading →

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Katy Perry’s AMA Performance Seen as Racist

Posted on November 26, 2013 by PaulVK

The Week (has content) The Daily News (mostly link-bait) HuffPo (mostly link-bait) Psychology Today (Yes, Katy Perry’s Performance Was Racist, Here’s Why) and his sequel. WSJ The Atlantic Lyrics to “Unconditionally”

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Sex Symbols Who Speak In Tongues

Posted on February 5, 2013 by PaulVK

From Charisma News. Also Katy Perry and Megan Fox on Speaking in Tongues. The irony of course is that the title to the piece is link bait. So what is being promoted? Sex vs outrage aren’t terrible dissimilar in terms … Continue reading →

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Katy Perry, Feminism, and Condescension

Posted on December 19, 2012 by PaulVK

Interesting post by Jonathan Fitzgerald on Katy Perry refusing to embrace the label “feminist” and getting skewered for it. For many of my fellow feminists, when they feel their feminism is threatened, vitriolic diatribes are the go-to response. There’s no … Continue reading →

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The End of Christian Retail

Posted on August 3, 2012 by PaulVK

This week on my new favorite podcast, the Phil Vischer Podcast, they had an interesting discussion on the end of Christian retail. The part in question is the first 12 minutes of podcast #10. Skye Jethani made the point via … Continue reading →

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Wrestling with Moralism in Judging Katy Perry

Posted on July 29, 2012 by PaulVK

This is a response to a blog post on Christian responses to Katy Perry. Every moral system has shibboleths they use as boundary markers. We use a person’s words or behavior to locate them in our conceptual grid. How do … Continue reading →

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Katy Perry, the Samaritan Woman of John 4 and what it means to be a Christian

Posted on July 23, 2012 by PaulVK

Most of what I know about Katy Perry I know from reading articles from the Christianity Today website (here and here). That makes me feel super uncool and evangelical, but oh well… Katy’s story (for those of you like me … Continue reading →

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