One of the temptations of our modern age is to leave specialized areas of life to “experts” in that field. Most of the people…
The Reproduction Revolution: A Christian Appraisal of Sexuality, Reproductive Technologies, and the Family (Kilner, Cunningham, and Hager, 2000)
Bio-Engagement: Making a Christian Difference through Bioethics Today (Cameron, Daniels, and White, 2000)
The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity has published two more volumes in their superb series of books on medical ethics. The Reproduction Revolution…
As For Me & My House: Crafting Your Marriage to Last (Walter Wangerin, Jr., 1990)
Walter Wangerin, Jr., Lutheran pastor and author of the superbly crafted novel, The Book of the Dun Cow, has written what must be one…
The Ancient Love Song: Finding Christ in the Old Testament (Charles D. Drew, 1996, 2000)
Reading and understanding the Old Testament correctly means reading and understanding it as Jesus did. And he saw the Old Testament, from beginning to…
Reformed Iconography: The Art of James Disney
We were eating lunch when James Disney suddenly said, “I see a landscape.” We were not talking about landscapes at that moment, or about…
Bruce Bezaire: Meticulous Renderings of Glory
Glory be to God for dappled things— For skies of couple-color as a brindled cow; For rose-moles all in stiple upon trout that swims…
Insight into Film: Why We Talk About Films
Discernment / Movies / Pluralistic World
We believe that the films we call attention to are valuable for the discerning Christian. Valuable as a window of insight into the heart…
The Scandal of Harry Potter
Most people know something of the story behind the Harry Potter novels, but that doesn’t make it any less remarkable. It begins in 1990,…
Insight into Film: Biblical Imagery & Understanding Movies
How is The Matrix similar to the 23rd Psalm? I do not mean to suggest that Neo, the messianic character in the film is…
Hip Hop 101
Something historic happened in October 2003. As Joan Anderman reported in the Rochester Post-Bulletin, “For the first time in the 50 year history of…