Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
This isn't a formal review by any means but I did recently complete this book and thought it was so fantastic it deserved a quick mention. The book was suggested to me in my quest for a 'basic Christianity' book to give to skeptics that would lay out in ...
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
The Pullman "His Dark Materials" series and the Harry Potter series has raised concerns for Christians. However, a distinction needs to be made. HDM is clearly evangelical in nature while Harry Potter just as clearly does not have such an agenda, notwithstanding Rowling's attempt to insert one after ...
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
I wanted to gather in one spot a handful of interviews with Pullman. I have to imagine that there is a list somewhere with them, but I could not find them. They all make for interesting reading and I have drawn some excerpts from them.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A23371-2001Feb18?language=printer
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
I have in hand C. Vaughn Doner's book "The Late Great Evangelical Church: How an Age-Old Heresy is Killing the Modern-Day Church and How it Can still be Saved." It is set to be released soon, but you can pre-order it through their website and it is listed on Amazon.com: ...
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
C.S. Lewis wrote,
There is no need to be worried by facetious people who try to make the Christian hope of heaven ridiculous by saying they do not want to spend eternity playing harps. The answer to such people is that if they cannot understand books written for grown-ups, they should ...
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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Faithful, Faithful, Faithful.
'Faithful' sums up my review of the Narnia Movie.
There have been many reviews of the movie already, by wiser heads. I've read only one of them, myself, so what follows is primarily from my own reflection. I should note that while I've read the Chronicles of Narnia, ...
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Monday, September 10th, 2007
Buy the Book, "The Case for the Real Jesus"
Strobel’s newest book was released September 10th, of 2007 and I was pleased to be offered a chance to review it prior to its release. I completely agree with Strobel on the need for such a book. It covers a lot of ...
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