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Joel and Ethan Coen cannot seem to do any wrong nowadays. In 2008 they won the Academy Award for Best Picture with their astounding…

Ordinary Men I recently read two books about ordinary men. One of them, Paul Rusesabagina, played a key role in rescuing 1,200 Tutsis and…

At the dimming of the day I am not a musicologist nor am I a musician, so this is just a wild guess but…

A Picture in Need of Words Remember the old saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words?” It’s not true. Take Terrence Malick’s latest…

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The cruelties of the Nazis are well known, and it is just as well since they must never be repeated. The cruelties of the…

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Three simple facts underscore the importance of the notion of God’s glory. First, as a search in any concordance shows, it is a concept…