A Catholic Lord of the Rings
The stories of JRR Tolkien captured the imagination of generations and spawned a stunning trilogy of movies under the direction of Peter Jackson. Even his Hobbit sequels beginning in 2012…
Read moreWhoopi Gets Hot on Sex
Poor Mark Driscoll. Really, I mean it this time. He and his beautiful wife Grace sat down yesterday on a beehive of irritated TV personalities on The View. The Driscolls…
Read moreWhat a Firecracker!
Here’s someone who can tell it like it is! Christine Caine, Global Ambassador for Hillsong Church in Australia, talks about “Identity Theft” – how the modern church needs to return…
Read moreAromatherapy
New church trends offer aromatherapy, when chemotherapy is needed.
Read moreGreat Prophecy Books
Interested in prophecy? Looking for good study group material? These books make great resources.
Read moreCheck Out ‘Economic Armageddon’
I’ve been reading David Jeremiah’s book, “The Coming Economic Armageddon” while preparing for the Daniel series at Central Teaching, and what a refreshing change it is from the usual blather…
Read moreBetter Scriptures
Part 2 of the amazing trends nesting in Evangelical communities. This time we touch on the Emergent-Postmodern quest for literature better than the New Testament. Tony Jones found it and wrote a book about it.
Read moreThe Thread (in Time)
The Thread, subtitled a picture of God’s love through time, is a book-in-progress and a scaled-down version of The Scarlet Thread. In 80 pages or less, it scans the supernatural…
Read moreWant Some Jesus Wars?
There is immense, cultural pressure on Christian groups to identify themselves with the Church Fathers, the Great Church Councils, the Orthodox (i.e., “straight”) Faith, and the Catholic (or, “universal”) Church,…
Read moreThe Rubicon
New AMC series strikes a paranoid nerve in everyone.
Read moreThe Shack Attack
It’s been on the “Best Seller” list for the New York times now for weeks. It’s forbidden to be read by Mark Driscoll (my fundy-hero). It’s a modern-day “Pilgrim’s Progress”…
Read moreThe Laodicean Revolution
In response to Dennis’ blog about Barna’s latest book (“Pagan Christianity”) I’m re-posting this review of Barna’s previous book called “Revolution.” Sounds like this new book is just as melodramatic. The post first appeared in 2007 in the NeoZine.
Read moreA Brief Infomercial on Disbelief
PBS.ORG recently aired a 3-part infomercial on the virtues of the religion of atheism, which the producer calls “disbelief” because: “I’m reluctant to use the word atheist to describe my…
Read moreAngry, Spiritual Spiderman
Much like an Old Testament prophet whose message was ignored or scorned, Joesnake spoke long ago about Spiderman 3 and its spiritual impact. I confess I was one of the…
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