Normally, I don't go for caustic humor, the kind that constantly ridicules and belittles others. Nor do I normally go for the supposed..
Yes, this one is coming in with all the hype of the new “Hunger Games,” and that’s probably an unfair burden to..
Outlook roundtable interview with Miles Teller and Jai Courtney, stars of “Divergent” Dallas, Texas March 5, 2014 Ronald P. Salfen, Presbyterian Outlook..
by Candida Moss San Francisco: HarperOne. 320 pages Candida Moss deconstructs much of the mythology surrounding Christian martyrdom. While some may..
Theology of Mission: A Believers Church Perspective by John Howard Yoder. Edited by Gayle Gerber Koontz and Andy Alexis-Baker IVP. Downers’ Grove,..
Ethan Renner (Kevin Costner) has spent all his adult life working undercover for the CIA. He’s done it all. In between, he..
Practicing Presence in an Age of Distraction by Diane M. Mills Skylight Paths Press, Woodstock, Vt. 150 pages. The author believes that..
“For the days are surely coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the..
by Stephen McCutchan Amazon Digital Services. 398 pages. Reviewed by ED WHITE Stephen McCutchan has done a wonderful job of using the..
The Next Christendom — The Coming of Global Christianity (Third Edition) by Philip Jenkins Oxford University Press, New York, N.Y. 346 pages...
In a way, it’s unfair to criticize a movie for what it isn’t. Obviously, it isn’t a lot of things. It’s also..
As a practicing believer, I think every Christian should see this film. There. I’ve said it. I’m a shameless shill for this..
Roundtable interview with Mark Burnett, producer of “Son of God,” & Roma Downey, actress in the film Interviewed by Ronald P. Salfen for..
by James D. Bratt William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. 455 pages. At long last, we have a full-length biography..
Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life by Richard Rohr Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, Calif. 198 pages. This book of observations..
Power of Faith: 450 Years of the Heidelberg Catechism Edited by Karla Apperloo-Boersma and Herman J. Selderhuis Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen. 454..
by Jim Belcher IVP Books, Downers Grove, Ill. 318 pages. There is nothing more annoying, according to Mark Twain,..
by Laura Sumner Truax IVP Books. Downers Grove, Ill. 221 pages. The author asks, “What do you do when life starts..
Actually, they could switch titles. “That Awkward Moment” is supposed to be one of those guy gross-out comedies disguised as a rom-com. ..
Adele (Kate Winslet) is one of those emotionally wounded single moms who’s clinging to her only child, a pre-pubescent boy named Henry..
by Cheryl Peterson Fortress Press, Minneapolis. 176 pages. Reformations are about identity. The foundation is the same across every reformation,..
Edited by Richard E. Burnett Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. 242 pages. Karl Barth was the twentieth century’s greatest..
It’s not easy being an empty-nester divorcee when there’s no “significant other.” You can just go to work, then go home to..
by Diane M. Mills Skylight Paths Press, Woodstock, Vt. 150 pages. The author believes that “conversation is a way of being.”..
Yes, this one just as cheesy as you would expect it to be, in the proud tradition of Steve Reeves as Hercules. ..
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