Movie Reviews Film in review – “Dallas Buyers Club” Rarely is there a performance that so overpowers the story that it becomes the story. Matthew McConaughey, as Ron Woodroof, gives an..
Book Reviews Book review – The Relational Pastor: Sharing in Christ by Sharing Ourselves The Relational Pastor: Sharing in Christ by Sharing Ourselves by Andrew Root InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Ill. 255 pages. ..
Book Reviews Book review – The Believer’s Guide to the Multiverse The Believer’s Guide to the Multiverse by David Williams Shook Foil Books, 136 pages. “The Believer’s Guide to the..
Movie Reviews Film in review – “The Counselor” “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of..
Book Reviews Book review – Living in Limbo: Life in the Midst of Uncertainty Living in Limbo: Life in the Midst of Uncertainty by Donald Capps and Nathan Carlin Cascade Books, Eugene, Ore. 127..
Book Reviews Bookmark – The Case for the Psalms: Why They Are Essential The Case for the Psalms: Why They Are Essential by N.T. Wright HarperOne. San Francisco. 196 pages. Is there anyone writing today..
Movie Reviews Film in review – “Blue Caprice” “Blue Caprice” is a chilling film. It’s a low-budget, under-hyped, starkly real story of the two still-anonymous men who became the 2002..
Movie Reviews Film in review – “Romeo And Juliet” It’s quite an undertaking to do the original Shakespeare play in the olde Elizabethan English and to do so with quality..
Movie Reviews Film in review – “The Fifth Estate” As a flag-waving United States citizen who also happens to be a journalist, I watched this film with a great deal of..
Movie Reviews Film in review: Prisoners The acting is great, the directing is top-flight, the script is suitably complex, the atmosphere is carefully creepily nuanced, but this is..
Book Reviews The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture by Christian Smith Brazos Press, Grand Rapids,..
Movie Reviews Film in Review – Gravity “Gravity” is a most believable space thriller that’s just a fantastic ride. Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) is the pilot, and Dr...
Book Reviews How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization by Mary Eberstadt Templeton Press, West Conshohocken, Pa., 268 pages..
Book Reviews Bookmark – Shaking Hands with the Devil Shaking Hands with the Devil: The Intersection of Terrorism and Theology by William J. Abraham Highland Loch Press, Dallas. 180 pages. ..
Movie Reviews Film in review – A Single Shot Those of us who have ever been hunting before realize that there is a terrible possibility with a high-powered rifle: if you..
Movie Reviews Film in review – Rush “Rush” tells a good story about an intense rivalry between two Formula One race car drivers in the 1970s. James Hunt..
Movie Reviews Film in review – Enough Said We “baby boomers” do not often find a warm, touching, funny romantic comedy for people “our age,” much less one that takes..
Movie Reviews Film in review – Don Jon This month I received a phone call here at the church from a man wanting to know if we hosted 12-step groups. ..
Book Reviews Book review – Transforming Church Conflict: Compassionate Leadership in Action by Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger and Theresa F. Latini Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. 270 pages. To those who live..
Book Reviews Bookmark – Benediction Benediction Kent Haruf. Knopf Publishing, New York. 258 pages Kent Haruf offers the third in a trilogy that includes “Plainsong” and “Eventide.”..
Book Reviews Book review – Presbyterians and American Culture: A History by Bradley J. Longfield Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. 296 pages Longfield highlights the interplay between church and culture in..
Book Reviews Bookmark – Learning to Dream Again: Rediscovering the Heart of God Learning to Dream Again: Rediscovering the Heart of God by Samuel Wells Wm. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. 216 pages Samuel Wells..
Movie Reviews Film in review – “Money For Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve” “Money For Nothing” is a documentary about economics. If that sounds a little dry, it is. Though, they try very hard..
Movie Reviews Film in review – “Short Term 12” “Short Term 12” is one of those indie films that can pack an emotional wallop just because it is so small-scale. The..
Movie Reviews Film in review – One Direction: This Is Us If you’ve not yet heard of One Direction, the musical group that’s taking our culture by storm, then you’ve been under the..
Voices The theology of Barbenheimer: What a plastic doll and an atomic bomb can teach us about our call as Christians
