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In My Father’s Den
Review MOVIE: “In My Father’s Den” 2004 MA A powerful story from New Zealand about the secrets that live in our families that must eventually reveal themselves in the most unexpected ways. It is a telling piece of film making in the spirit of recent NZ films that do so well on male and family […]
The Gospel According to Dan Brown
With over 40 million copies sold worldwide, translated into 44 languages, and a blockbuster film due out in mid-May, The Da Vinci Code has made Dan Brown a very wealthy man. But a whirlwind of controversy has surrounded his novel, first released in March 2003. “Why all the fuss over a work of fiction?†some […]
Spiritual, Self-Help and Success Classics
I am summarizing the wisdom in Tom Butler-Bowdon’s three recent books: 50 Spiritual Classics, 50 Success Classics, and 50 Self-Help Classics. Watch for them on our website. Meanwhile, try these. They are the ‘essence’ of many of these popular writers. Can you recognize the author? An interesting exercise might be to put a tick or […]
Whatever Happened to the Human Race?
http://www.rationalpi.com/theshelter/race.html Francis Schaeffer and, former Surgeon General, C. Everette Koop deal directly with the devaluing of human life and its results in our society. It did not take place in a vacuum. It is a direct result of a worldview that has rejected the doctrine of man being created in the image of God. Man […]
Above All Earthly Powers: Christ in a Postmodern World
Above All Earthly Powers: Christ in a Postmodern World, by David Wells. Eerdmans, 2005. Reviewed by Bill Muehlenberg David Wells is both a capable theologian and a very astute analyst of contemporary culture. His previous volumes have combined sociological, cultural and theological assessments of the Western world and the contemporary church. His 1993 volume, No […]
God on Monday
God on Monday: Reflections on Christians Work, by Benny Tabalujan, Klesis Institute (Melbourne) and Comm/Asia (Singapore), 2005. Intelligent church-members complain that preachers often/mostly answer questions people aren’t asking… Church-members with a ‘secular’ vocation often complain that most sermons have nothing much to do with their daily work. (I once heard a highly respected 60-ish medico […]
Evil
“If only it were so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece […]
Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste: Aesthetics in Religious Life
Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste: Aesthetics in Religious Life Anglican Theological Review, Summer 2002 by Saliers, Don E Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It’s free! Save it. Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste: Aesthetics in Religious Life. By Frank Burch Brown. New York: […]
C. S. Lewis F A Q
Compiled by Andrew Rilstone Logsdon, Penelope Wythes, Anne K Sorknes, and others. 1 Introduction.. 3 1.1 What is alt.books.cs-lewis?. 3 1.2 What is alt.books.cs.lewis?. 3 1.3 What is appropriate to post to alt.books.cs-lewis?. 3 1.4 What type of messages are regarded as inappropriate?. 3 1.5 Is alt.books.cs-lewis a ‘Christian’ group?. 3 1.6 I don’t like […]
The Magdalene Sisters
A netfriend wrote: You may have seen ‘The Magdalene Sisters” …. So sad. What makes them tick? Mark’s response: Fanaticism … and lack of using their God-given brains. A truly great movie that I have seen a few times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318411/ The Magdalene Sisters (2002) Directed by Peter Mullan Writing credits Peter Mullan (written […]
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