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Decoding The Church
BOOK REVIEW: DECODING THE CHURCH, BY HOWARD A. SNYDER, WITH DANIEL V. RUNYON By Thomas Scarborough. Howard Snyder and Daniel Runyon, in their book Decoding the Church, state that “the question underlying this whole book is, What makes the church a healthy organism?” However, underlying this question would appear to be a far larger one. […]
Hotel Rwanda Film
The Passion of Hotel Rwanda A year after Mel Gibson’s movie, I found an even more Christian film – one that most Christians are ignoring. by Brian McLaren, Leadership columnist Maybe it’s because I spent time last summer in Burundi, the poorer twin-sister country of Rwanda, which shares a similar history, tribal make-up, geography, culture, […]
Review: The Skeptic’s Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained
[Posted by ‘David D’ but without author’s attribution on several Usenet newsgroups. Listed here for interest.] http://tinyurl.com/62otx The Skeptic’s Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained, Third Edition by Jason, Dr Gastrich Edition: CD-ROM 24 of 25 people found the following review helpful: Falls short of its ambition, April 24, 2004 Reviewers who uncritically agree with Jason’s […]
Hotel Rwanda and The Passion of the Christ
(Hotel Rwanda is scheduled for release in Australia on February 24.) Hotel Rwanda and The Passion of the Christ by Brian McLaren Maybe it’s because I spent time last summer in Burundi, the poorer twin sister of Rwanda that shares a similar history, tribal makeup, geography, culture, and terrifying undercurrent of genocide. Maybe it’s because […]
Dangerous Seeing: Fahrenheit 9/11 (Richard Rohr)
Dangerous Seeing: Fahrenheit 9/11 Richard Rohr For the sake of fair hearing, I am going to assume that only 25% of the interpretations implied in the Michael Moore film, Fahrenheit 9/11 are completely fair and accurate interpretations. The pictures and verifiable data speak for themselves, but still deserve and need interpretation, and that is what […]
The Last Samurai (Richard Rohr)
The Last Samurai Soon after giving the recent conference on “The Spirituality of the Two Halves of Life”, I went to see the movie, The Last Samurai. I heard that it had some good messages in it, and some wonderful Japanese culture and scenery. I came away with a clear insight into first half of […]
Review of Jim Bakker’s I Was Wrong
BIBLICAL FUNDAMENTALISM Notes From a review by Martin Gardner of Jim Bakker’s I Was Wrong (Thomas Nelson, 1997): In one of his later chapters, Bakker reveals, with no hint of humor, that when he reread the gospels in prison he was dumbfounded to discover that Jesus hated the rich. “To my surprise, after months of […]
Shame and Guilt In Religious Fundamentalism
by Timothy L. Boschen, Charlottesville, Va There have been various fundamentalist movements in American Protestantism in the 20th century. Baptists north and south, Presbyterians, and Lutherans have all been stung by fundamentalist controversies. In some cases, the conflict appeared to begin with the issue of biblical infallibility or inerrancy. It then became apparent to the […]
Book Review: The AMG Concise Bible Commentary
BOOK REVIEW: THE AMG CONCISE BIBLE COMMENTARY, BY DON FLEMING. Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough. “Lucid” is the word that springs to mind to describe this one-volume Bible commentary. I have several single-volume commentaries, and this is one of my favourites. The AMG Concise Bible Commentary (or The Bridge Bible Commentary, as it is alternatively titled) […]
Book Review: Learning To Listen, Learning to Teach
BOOK REVIEW: LEARNING TO LISTEN, LEARNING TO TEACH, BY JANE VELLA. Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough. Jane Vella is arguably the world’s leading exponent of modern methods of adult learning. Although this is a secular book, it is relevant to the Christian Church in that several leading theological seminaries have recently adopted its methods. In Learning […]
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