Book Reviews Book review – Stations of the Heart: Parting with a Son by Richard Lischer Alfred A. Knopf, New York City. 248 pages. reviewed by Leslie A. Klingensmith One usually uses words..
Book Reviews Book review – The Spiritual Lives of Dying People: Testimonies of Hope and Courage by Paul A. Scaglione and John M. Mulder Cascade Books, Eugene, Ore. 112 pages. reviewed by Wayne A. Van Kampen ..
Movie Reviews Film in review – “Thor: The Dark World” Yes, Hollywood has fallen completely in love with its impressive capacity to present to us stunning images on the screen, using the..
Movie Reviews Film in review – “Kill Your Darlings” This film is the story of how the writers of the Beat Generation began: basically, they met at Columbia University, which Allen..
Movie Reviews Roundtable interview with John Krokidas, director of “Kill Your Darlings” October 8, 2013, Dallas, Texas Presbyterian Outlook (Ronald Salfen): How did you get Daniel Radcliffe (the actor who played “Harry Potter”)..
Book Reviews Book review – The Self-Shaming God Who Reconciles: A Pastoral Response to Abandonment Within the Christian Canon by Warner Bailey Pickwick Publications, Eugene, Ore. 126 pages. reviewed by ELISA OWEN This book attempts to provide a theological..
Book Reviews Book review – The Good Funeral: Death, Grief and the Community of Care Book review – The Good Funeral: Death, Grief and the Community of Care by Thomas Long and Thomas Lynch Westminster John..
Movie Reviews Film in review – “Last Vegas” When you’re sixty-something, the old-age jokes take on special meaning. But also, when you’re sixty-something, you appreciate a comedy that doesn’t just..
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..
