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\n\tAs a TV critic for Entertainment weekly, Jeff Jensen explains how the church can help us navigate the culture that permeates our lives. The church can help determine what in culture is valuable and how people's jobs are useful for Jesus. What Jeff hears from the pulpit and his small group influences his own thought life and how he approaches work, and thus how he writes about and makes culture.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a TV critic for Entertainment weekly, Jeff Jensen explains how the church can help us navigate the culture that permeates our lives. The church can help determine what in culture is valuable and how people's jobs are useful for Jesus. 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