Developing discernment, defending discipleshiphttp://www.ransomfellowship.org/article-rss.asp" http://www.ransomfellowship.org/article-rss.asp 2013-05-16T00:00:00Z 2013-05-16T00:00:00Z AID717BCal BoroughsTID5 2013-05-16T00:00:00Z AID718BAndrew H. Trotter, Jr.TID5 2013-05-16T00:00:00ZTruth is an arrow and the gate is narrow that it passes through. “When He Returns” on Slow Train Coming (Bob Dylan, 1979)]]> AID719BH. David BaerTID7 2013-05-16T00:00:00Z AID720BDenis HaackTID5 2013-05-16T00:00:00Z AID714BR. Greg GroomsTID2 2013-05-15T00:00:00Z AID715BDenis HaackTID7 2013-05-15T00:00:00Z AID712BDenis HaackTID4 2013-02-30T00:00:00Z AID713BMargie HaackTID6 2013-02-28T00:00:00ZFood Channel celebrities, or even the humble Mennonite More-with-Less Cookbook....]]> AID704BDenis HaackTID2 2013-02-27T00:00:00Z AID705BDenis HaackTID5 2013-02-27T00:00:00Z AID707BDenis HaackTID5 2013-02-27T00:00:00ZPopologetics, Turnau explores the meaning of popular culture, identifies insufficient ways of engaging it, provides clear instruction in being discerning, and helps believers see how the gospel speaks to the deepest questions of life.]]> AID710BPreston JonesTID7 2013-02-27T00:00:00Z AID711BDenis HaackTID4 2013-02-27T00:00:00Z AID699BDenis HaackTID5 2013-01-28T00:00:00Z AID694BDenis HaackTID7 2012-12-31T00:00:00Z AID698BWesley HillTID5 2012-12-28T00:00:00Z AID700BDenis HaackTID7 2012-12-28T00:00:00Z AID701BDenis HaackTID2 2012-12-28T00:00:00Z AID702BScott SchuleitTID6 2012-12-28T00:00:00Z AID703BMargie HaackTID7 2012-12-28T00:00:00Z AID697BDenis HaackTID5 2012-12-27T00:00:00ZWhen we turned onto the Lena River, the driver explained that this new route was longer than the previous ice road because there had been an accident on the previous road a month ago—several cars had broken through the ice and six people had drowned. The southbound lane on this new road had a fair amount of irregularities in the ice, and as we were rattling over them the Uazik suddenly sputtered and stopped cold.]]> AID696BMargie HaackTID5 2012-11-09T00:00:00ZNotes From Toad Hall Christmas gift list containing some of her favorite music and reads from 2012. ]]> AID688BJake MeadorTID6 2012-10-09T00:00:00ZBreaking Bad is more than just a phenomenal TV show, but a TV show that deserves a wider viewing amongst discerning Christians.]]> AID689BDenis HaackTID5 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z AID690BDenis HaackTID5 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z AID691BDenis HaackTID5 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z AID692BDenis HaackTID7 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z AID693BDenis HaackTID7 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z AID687BMargie HaackTID5 2012-09-17T00:00:00Z AID679BDenis HaackTID2 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z AID684BR. Greg GroomsTID5 2012-09-01T00:00:00ZAmerica’s problem isn’t too much religion, as a growing chorus of atheists have argued; nor is it an intolerant secularism, as many on the Christian right believe. Rather it’s bad religion: the slow-motion collapse of traditional faith and the rise of a variety of pseudo-Christianities that stroke our egos, indulge our follies, and encourage our worst impulses.]]> AID681BDenis HaackTID2 2012-08-31T00:00:00ZThe Mill and the Cross expecting to follow a story, or to enter an adventure. Watch it a series of living snapshots of life in Flanders in the 16th century, celebrated by a great artist and given meaning by Christ’s death.]]> AID682BTimothy PadgettTID5 2012-08-31T00:00:00Z AID683BSarah DavisTID6 2012-08-31T00:00:00Z AID685BDenis HaackTID5 2012-08-31T00:00:00Z AID686BDenis HaackTID4 2012-08-31T00:00:00ZBut I don't know nothing/ Except for one thing for certain/ The devil's a person/ I met him at the Riverside Perkins]]> AID680BDenis HaackTID4 2012-08-30T00:00:00ZThere’s something that I’m watching
Means a lot to me
It’s a broken banjo bobbing
On the dark infested sea]]> AID678BMargie HaackTID7 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z AID673BDenis HaackTID7 2012-06-30T00:00:00Z AID675BDenis HaackTID7 2012-06-30T00:00:00Z AID674BDenis HaackTID5 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z AID676BSteve FroehlichTID7 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z AID677BDenis HaackTID4 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z AID672BMargie HaackTID7 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z AID666BR. Greg GroomsTID2 2012-05-07T00:00:00ZThe Sunset Limited begs an important question: not the one I started this review with--“To be or not to be”-- but rather Pontius Pilate’s question to Jesus in John 18-- “What is truth?”]]> AID667BDenis HaackTID6 2012-05-07T00:00:00Z AID668BDenis HaackTID5 2012-05-07T00:00:00ZThe Book Thief helps us see that even in the midst of intense societal decay human beings remain human, yearning for meaning and dignity and the hope of a love that will not abandon them.]]> AID669BPaul MarshallTID7 2012-05-07T00:00:00Z AID670BDenis HaackTID4 2012-05-07T00:00:00ZKicking at the Darkness, a book in which Brian Walsh walks us through Cockburn’s music with loving attention to detail.]]> AID671BPreston JonesTID7 2012-05-07T00:00:00Z AID663BDenis HaackTID5 2012-04-07T00:00:00Z AID661BDenis HaackTID5 2012-03-07T00:00:00Z AID664BDenis HaackTID7 2012-03-07T00:00:00ZShelter us not with walls that exclude: but with your widespread wing.
]]> AID665BDenis HaackTID5 2012-03-07T00:00:00Z AID656BDenis HaackTID7 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z AID658BDenis HaackTID8 2012-02-23T00:00:00Z AID659BDenis HaackTID2 2012-02-23T00:00:00ZMidnight in Paris is a cinematic exploration of these crucial and very human themes—the idea of a golden age, the pull of nostalgia and the need for hope.]]> AID657BMargie HaackTID7 2012-02-22T00:00:00Z]]> AID653BDenis HaackTID5 2012-02-20T00:00:00ZPhlox is a fine book, and even if it doesn’t make you a gardener it will give a reason to be glad, a reason to be grateful, a reason—61 reasons, actually—to look with greater care at the plants we tend to brush by without a second glance. ]]> AID654BDenis HaackTID7 2012-02-20T00:00:00Z AID655BMargie HaackTID7 2012-02-20T00:00:00Z AID646BDavid John Seel, Jr.TID2 2011-12-27T00:00:00Z AID647BDenis HaackTID7 2011-12-27T00:00:00Z AID650BDenis HaackTID5 2011-12-14T00:00:00ZArthur’s cubicle used to be near the watercooler, but the bosses tired of having to chat with him each time they got thirsty. So the watercooler stayed and he was moved. Now his desk is in a distant corner, as far from the locus of power as possible but nearer the cupboard of pens, which is a consolation.]]> AID651BJustin SemblerTID4 2011-12-14T00:00:00Z AID652BDenis HaackTID8 2011-12-14T00:00:00Z AID649BMargie HaackTID5 2011-11-14T00:00:00ZCommon Prayer?) ]]> AID645BR. Greg GroomsTID2 2011-10-27T00:00:00Z AID648BPreston JonesTID7 2011-10-27T00:00:00Z AID641BDenis HaackTID8 2011-10-20T00:00:00ZPraying with the Earth is written so as to be acceptable to Jewish, Christian, and Muslim believers. ]]> AID643BAndrew H. Trotter, Jr.TID2 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z AID634BR. Greg GroomsTID2 2011-09-16T00:00:00ZThe Tree of Life is told is what the story is about. Life often seems beautiful, but is apparently random and disjointed. Rarely does it make sense to us as we’d like it to. In this regard Malick’s film is certainly honest, if not encouraging.]]> AID637BMargie HaackTID6 2011-09-14T00:00:00Znew sub-site of Ransom Fellowship that gives access to all her work and writing: enter here ]]> AID638BDenis HaackTID4 2011-09-14T00:00:00Z AID640BPreston JonesTID5 2011-09-14T00:00:00Z AID633BDenis HaackTID2 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z AID635BDenis HaackTID7 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z AID636BTimothy PadgettTID7 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z AID632BDenis HaackTID5 2011-07-28T00:00:00Z AID625BR. Greg GroomsTID2 2011-07-19T00:00:00ZThe Social Network and can’t relate to the pain of Mark’s failed relationships is either a liar or has led a charmed life. ]]> AID627BWesley HillTID7 2011-07-19T00:00:00Z AID630BDenis HaackTID5 2011-06-28T00:00:00Z AID631BDenis HaackTID5 2011-06-28T00:00:00ZThe Museum of Innocence. Kemal, the young protagonist, is about to be engaged to Sibel, does not want to live in a world bounded by religious regulations but finds the autonomy of modernity strangely unsettling. ]]> AID629BMargie HaackTID7 2011-06-03T00:00:00Z AID626BDenis HaackTID7 2011-05-19T00:00:00Z AID628BLuke BoboTID7 2011-05-19T00:00:00Z AID624BDenis HaackTID7 2011-05-18T00:00:00Z AID619BDenis HaackTID7 2011-04-17T00:00:00Z AID613BDenis HaackTID7 2011-04-15T00:00:00Z AID621BMargie HaackTID7 2011-03-30T00:00:00Z AID623BDenis HaackTID7 2011-03-30T00:00:00Z AID616BWesley HillTID2 2011-03-23T00:00:00Z AID617BR. Greg GroomsTID2 2011-03-23T00:00:00Z AID618BAndrew H. Trotter, Jr.TID2 2011-03-23T00:00:00Z AID620BDenis HaackTID5 2011-03-23T00:00:00Z AID612BScott SchuleitTID6 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z AID614BDenis HaackTID5 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z AID615BDenis HaackTID5 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z AID601BDenis HaackTID4 2011-03-11T00:00:00Z AID608BMargie HaackTID7 2011-01-30T00:00:00Z