Books
How The Churches Got To Be The Way They Are
I bought this little (120 pp.) book when in London last November. If you thought church history was boring, this will cure you. It’s a popular history of the church/es in the West and the USSR in the last couple of hundred years. Its style is racy and humorous (a tongue-in-cheek send-up of religious functionaries […]
Titanic: Reflections On Blockbuster Movies…
I visit the cinema about once or twice a year, when my adult daughters tell me I’ve ‘gotta see it’. So last week we saw Titanic. I don’t want to spoil it for those of you who plan to go, but I wondered… What are the necessary ingredients for a ‘blockbuster’ movie besides zillions of […]
Christianity And World Religions
[Conservative evangelical guide to Christianity and World Religions – found on a newsgroup]: YOU HAVE CALLED AND I HAVE ANSWERED… [inside joke for those who have see the movie “The Dream Team”.] The following books may be of interest to you: The Compact Guide to World Religions. (1996) Dean C. Halverson, General Editor. Bethany House […]
Book Review: Jim Stynes: Whatever It Takes
Jim Stynes is well known – particularly in Southern Australia’s Australian Football League heartland – for four things: 1. He was the Irish boy who made good in the AFL (winning, among other honours, the 1991 Brownlow Medal); and 2. He probably played more games straight (170+) than any other current player, but 3. He […]
Evangelicals At The End Of The 20th Century
"Making Christ Known" historic documents from The Lausanne Movement, 1974-1989 Book Review by Rev. Tom Houston John Stott and Paternoster Press and Eerdman’s in the USA have done us all a great service in making these papers available in one well produced volume. I venture to say that if these papers had been read and […]
George Macdonald: An Anthology
Edited by C.S.Lewis, Collins: Fount Paperbacks, 1947/1983 Here’s an enigma. C.S.Lewis may have been more influenced, at least in formative theological thinking, by George MacDonald, than by anyone else. His indebtedness to MacDonald’s three volumes of ‘Unspoken Sermons’ ‘is almost as great as one can owe to another.’ Yet, Lewis would not give Macdonald a […]
Women As Risk-Takers For God
Book review by Hilde Margrethe Sæbø Fjeldstad It was with a greatful heart I read this book sponsored by the AD2000 Women’s Track, the Lausanne Women’s Network and World Evangelical Fellowship Women’s Comission. It is a very important book because it makes visible the valuable heritage of many historical, female mentors whose stories may inspire […]
Anyway
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered: Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies: Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, they may cheat you: Be forthright anyway. What you […]
City Of Angels – Film Review
With the release of City of Angels, it seemed a good time to backtrack and look at the cultural icon that is Wings of Desire, the film upon which City of Angels is based. In this piece, Mike Frost, Australian Bible teacher, speaker, writer and general man-about-town, gives his perspective on Wings and its sequel, […]
A Prayer For Children
“A Prayer for Children” Author unknown. Loving God, We pray for our children who put chocolate fingers everywhere, who like to be tickled, who stomp in puddles, who sneak popsicles before supper, who make mistakes in math homework, who can never find their shoes. And we pray for those who stare at photographers from behind […]
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