Those of us who love Irish legends and folklore will simply delight in the telling of this fanciful tale of fairies, magic,..
“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook, or press down its tongue with a cord?” (Job 41:1) The biblical reference is..
This has the feel and the ingredients of a made-for-television movie. It's written by a first-time screenwriter. The interest depends on predictable..
by Gregory S. Cootsona Westminster John Knox Press. Louisville, Ky. 169 pages REVIEWED BY C. JEREMY CANNADA Whether you have read C...
“A Most Violent Year” is about the home heating oil business in New Jersey in the early 1980s. No, that doesn’t sound..
OK, all you veteran moms and dads out there: truth-telling time. There have been moments when you wish you hadn’t had kids..
"Black Sea" is a submarine drama that features close quarters, distrust, sweat, anxiety, aggression, fear and testosterone. It's the polar opposite from..
Interview with Kevin Macdonald, director of "Black Sea" Dallas, Texas January 15, 2015 Presbyterian Outlook: OK, so I have to know about..
by Ruth Haley Barton IVP Books, Downers Grove, Ill. 192 pages Reviewed by Sarah Scherschligt When I picked up this book, I..
by Andrew Root Baker Academic, Ada, Mich. 211 pages Reviewed by Shelby Etheridge There’s a lot of debate going around about future..
by Cynthia Peters Anderson Fortress Press, Minneapolis. 299 pages “Theology matters” was once the banner shouted around the PC(USA) to restore theological..
Based on a true story, “Black or White” dares to explore American race relations in a whole different light. Elliott (Kevin Costner)..
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by Mark Labberton InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Ill. 174 pages REVIEWED BY MAIRI O. RENWICK Mark Labberton’s latest book reminds readers that..
Yes, there are some red-blooded American moviegoers who absolutely refuse to mess with subtitles. In a way, I can't blame them. It's..
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Al Pacino is a whirling dervish of a screen presence. He sucks the air out of the room for anybody brave enough..
by Gil Rendle Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, Md. 156 pages Reviewed by Allen D. Timm Gil Rendle has turned the math of..
edited by Cynthia A. Jarvis and Elizabeth Johnson WJK, Louisville, Ky. 541 pages A feast indeed! This commentary in the Feasting on..
“Spare Parts” is a feel-good movie that is curiously awkward in places, but nonetheless manages to deliver the emotional impact of the..
Movies about cyber-hacking are difficult to make because watching a guy sitting at a computer is not exactly thrilling. But trying to..
by Philip Jenkins HarperOne, San Francisco. 448 pages REVIEWED BY KEN KOVACS Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian..
Rural Appalachia is its own insulated world. Everybody has pickup trucks, which is about the only modern concession. People live pretty much..
“Selma” is an emotional experience. Whether or not you lived through the turbulent 1960s, you know that the social upheaval changed the..
by Anthony Doerr Scribner, New York. 531 pages REVIEWED BY LAURA CUNNINGHAM "None really knows why they are alive until they know..
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