Movie Reviews Roundtable Interview with Morgan Spurlock, director of “One Direction” Roundtable Interview with Morgan Spurlock Director of “One Direction: This Is Us” August 7, 2013, Dallas, Texas Click here to read..
Movie Reviews Film in review – Drinking Buddies How to remark about a movie that is generally unremarkable? They tried to make this one of those indie movies that..
Movie Reviews Film in review – Closed Circuit The recent revelations about government snooping in the communications of private citizens serve as a timely trigger for a movie like “Closed..
Book Reviews Book review – Building a Community of Interpreters: Readers and Hearers as Interpreters Building a Community of Interpreters: Readers and Hearers as Interpreters by Walter R. Dickhaut Cascade Books, Eugene, Ore. 146 pages ..
Movie Reviews Film in review – Blue Jasmine Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) has had a precipitous fall from grace. She once was high society New York City, with an enormously successful..
Book Reviews Book review – C.S. Lewis – A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet C.S. Lewis - A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet by Alister McGrath Tyndale House Publications, Inc., Carol Stream, Ill. 448 pages..
Book Reviews Book reviews – Why Christian? and Letters to a Young Calvinist Why Christian? For Those on the Edge of Faith by Douglas John Hall Fortress Press, Minneapolis. 196 pages Letters to..
Book Reviews Bookmark – Words and Images that Seep Into the Soul by James Phillips Noble Resource Publications, Wipf and Stock Publishers, Eugene, Ore. 313 pages The author has lived a long and..
Movie Reviews Film in review – In a World…. The voiceover world is apparently a very small one. Either you have to be a well-known actor already or be so golden-throated..
Movie Reviews Roundtable Interview With Lake Bell Roundtable Interview With Lake Bell Star/Writer/Director/Co-Producer of “In A World” August 13, 2013, Dallas, Texas Presbyterian Outlook (Ronald Salfen): What drew..
Book Reviews Book review – The Benefit of the Doubt: Claiming Faith in an Uncertain World by Frank Clark Spencer, with sermons by John B. Rogers Jr. 22 Degrees Publishing. 85 pages An informed voice from the..
Book Reviews Book review – Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan Random House, New York, 336 pages Reza Aslan’s new biography of Jesus was released on July 16 and..
Book Reviews Book review – Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack by Rupert Shortt Rider Books, London. 328 pages In 1997, religious freedom advocate Nina Shea..
Book Reviews Bookmark – Blessings of the Burden: Reflections and Lessons in Helping the Homeless Blessings of the Burden: Reflections and Lessons in Helping the Homeless by Alan R. Burt. Wm. B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. 125..
Book Reviews Book review – Formed for the Glory of God: Learning From the Spiritual Practices of Jonathan Edwards by Kyle Strobel Downers Grove, Ill.: Intervarsity. 178 pages Anyone who has stuck with Jonathan Edwards longer than the requisite high-school..
Movie Reviews Film in review: “R.I.P.D.” Purgatory is a concept that won’t go away easily. Though Catholics have embraced it since the Middle Ages, most Catholic’s views are..
Movie Reviews Film in review: “Girl Most Likely” One way of doing humor is the “pity me” format, famously perfected by Charlie Chaplin. A sad-sack clown figure has all kinds..
Movie Reviews Films in review: “Pacific Rim” and “Copperhead” I like the premise, but … I like the premise of “Pacific Rim,” but it was just too much of watching robots..
Movie Reviews Film in review: “The Wolverine” The great thing about comic book characters is that you don’t mind if they’re caricatures. But you’re pleasantly surprised if they’re not...
Book Reviews Book review – The Ralph D. Winter Story: How One Man Dared to Shake Up World Missions In February 2005, Time Magazine listed Ralph Winter (1924-2009) as one of the 25 most influential evangelicals in America. Yet Winter, who..
Book Reviews Bookmark – The Doors of the Sea: Where was God in the Tsunami? The Doors of the Sea: Where was God in the Tsunami? by David Bentley Hart. William B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. 109..
Book Reviews Book review – Restless Fires: Young John Muir’s Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf in 1867-68 by James B. Hunt Mercer University Press, Macon, Ga. 240 pages John Muir may be best known as the founder..
Movie Reviews Film in review: “Red 2” Remember the old James Bond movies, the ones that featured tongue-in-cheek bravado? The more recent Bond movies have ditched the campy humor..
