Judged by traditional values, criminals are objects of reproach and scorn. But judged by the values of entertainment, which is how the media now…
Decalogue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1989), Three Colors Trilogy: Blue (1993), White (1994), Red (1994) (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
Sometimes if the film is good enough and its story told well, a character or image will lodge in the imagination like a splinter,…
Foreign Bodies (Hwee Hwee Tan, 1997)
I first heard of Foreign Bodies, a novel by a young Oxford educated Singaporean writer now living in New York, in a review in…
Finding the Will of God: A Pagan Notion? (Bruce K. Waltke, 1995, 2002)
If there is one thing that most Christian want to know, it is what God’s will is for their lives. The topic usually arises…
Finding the Lost: Cultural Keys to Luke 15 (Kenneth Bailey, 1992)
Since the Bible is a literary work set in a particular cultural and historical setting, we must seek to read the text as the…
Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit (Lendol Calder, 1999)
When Dr. Calder, a historian at Augustana College, began his research, he held two beliefs about the rise of consumer credit—beliefs held by most…
Eyes Wide Open: Looking for God in Popular Culture ( William D. Romanowski, 2001)
I was speaking at a conference at Covenant Seminary recently when a participant raised a question that I am asked regularly: What books could…
Everyday Apocalypse: The Sacred Revealed in Radiohead, the Simpsons and Other Pop Icons (David Dark, 2002)
David Dark teaches English in Nashville, Tennessee, and so is in a good position to tell us we don't know the correct meaning of…
Evangelical Faith: A Personal Plea for Unity, Integrity, and Faithfulness (John Stott, 1999)
At a time when the evangelical movement continues to fragment instead of demonstrating unity in Christ, when many believers who identify themselves as evangelicals…
The Essential IVP Reference Collection (CD-ROM, 2001)
Christians who desire to be discerning take Bible study seriously. And serious students of Scripture will want to use good reference books as they…