INSIDE STORY: Hollywood seeks — and needs — Christian screenwriters
I adore — and collect — embarrassing moments. So, when preacher’s wife and author Serena B. Miller said “I wanted to crawl under the table”…
Reviews
Know before you go: A sampling of movie review resources for people of faith
PluggedIn.com : This website, published by Focus on the Family, gives nuanced reviews as well as descriptions of questionable sexual, spiritual, language, violent and drug…
INSIDE STORY: Hollywood seeks — and needs — Christian screenwriters
I adore — and collect — embarrassing moments. So, when preacher’s wife and author Serena B. Miller said “I wanted to crawl under the table”…
New and Noteworthy — July 2014
BIBLE STUDY The Power of God’s Names Tony Evans. The Power of God’s Names. Eugene, Ore.: Harvest House, 2014. 224 pages. $14.99. Evans, senior evangelist…
Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann ponders Jerusalem, 9/11 and prophecy
Walter Brueggemann, one of the most highly regarded Old Testament scholars of the past century, has become a regular at preaching workshops, seminars and lectureships…
Sabbath means more than stress-free living — it is an act of resistance
In a time when 80-hour workweeks, heightened anxiety and neglect of home and family are a sort of social currency — exchanged for status and…
Sound financial policy is biblical, new books say
Believe it or not, economics figures into the core of many theological discussions. It always has. In Acts 6, for example, economics drove the discussion…
Authors From Churches of Christ – June 2014
PRAYER / DEVOTIONAL Bruce Green. Praying In the Reign . Nashville, Tenn: 21st Century Christian Publishing, 2013. 153 pages. $11.99. A minister for the 10th…
New and Noteworthy – June 2014
Anita Agers-Brooks. First Hired, Last Fired: How to Become Irreplaceable in Any Job Market. Abilene, Texas: Leafwood Publishers, 2013. 224 pages. $14.99. EMPLOYMENT Each…
Biblical accuracy in high definition
No Jesus movie can please everyone. The most recent, “Son of God,” received mixed reviews from Christian audiences. Critics pointed to the film’s casual —…
