Archive for the 'Books' Category
- Read a Chapter Challenge
I challenge you to block out all of the distractions and read a whole chapter of the Bible… In a single sitting! It’s not as hard as it could be.
- Rowling Writes Potter Prequel
The AP announces that J.K. Rowling has written a prequel to her seven volume Potter series. Albeit a short one. 800 words. It was part of a charity auction in which 13 different authors and artist were given a postcard sized piece of cardboard. Rowling covered both sides of hers with the prequel and the [...]
- Future Effects of Harry Potter
This weekend an entire subset of the adult nation spent six hours or so reading a teen-fiction book about a boy wizard. With 8.5 million copies being sold on the day of its release, it makes you wonder: What if that many people cared about something truly important that they would spend the same amount [...]
- The Deathly Hallows
Because I am immensely boring I will not be attending any midnight releases of the seventh and final volume in the Harry Potter saga. Though part of me would love to put on a big fur coat and fake beard and wig to look like Hagrid, and storm into Barnes and Noble to tower over [...]
- Five Things to Learn from Harry Potter
A few lessons to be learned from our favorite wizard.
- Dangerous Book For Boys
Finally, a book that embraces boys as boys. Benjamin, Joseph, and even I should read this.
- Essential Piper Library
My introduction to Dr. John Piper was in college, through a free cassette tape of one of his sermons which I picked up at a church in Dothan, Alabama while doing some drama for a JAM team there. My car at the time had no CD player and if you’ve ever tried to listen to [...]
- Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Click on Reviews in the header menu for an overview of how I approach film reviews.
Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is your run-of-the-mill IRS agent, good at his job, but bored with a life filled with more numbers than people. However, one day while preparing for work in his usual fashion, all of that changes. He [...]
- Today in History: February 7
I’ve always liked history, so I regularly visit sites that give history facts and trivia. One of my favorites is to see what happened today in history. It’s really fun to look at your birthday or anniversary. But here’s just a sample of today’s events. Dates and Events by Scope Systems.
1905 - Oklahoma admitted to [...]
- What Position Should We Take?
Church history demonstrates that one of the constant struggles of Christianity, both individually and corporately, is with culture. Where should we stand? Inside the culture? Outside? Ignore it? Isolate ourselves from it? Should we try to transform it?
The theologian Richard Niebuhr provided a classic study concerning these questions in his book Christ and Culture. Even [...]
- Hard To Shop For
Some men are hard to shop for. Not me! Get me a good book and I’m happy. However, get me a bad book and there had better be a gift receipt included.
To facilitate your Christmas shopping, below is a smattering of some of the excellent books suggested by C.J. Mahaney on the GirlTalk Blog [...]
- The Look
My Thirsty friend David and I must be married to the same woman. He poetically describes the spiraling descent into the addiction that is book buying and the look of disdain from loved ones which accompanies it.
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- The Longing for Beauty in “The Voyage of The Dawn Treader“
I’m currently reading an excellent book by Jonathan Rogers, author of The Wilderking Trilogy, called The World According to Narnia. The book is an up close look at The Chronicles of Narnia exploring their Christian meaning. These were some of my favorite books growing up and it is amazing when I share the books with [...]
- The Source and Importance of Beauty
tells us to “logizesthe” on beautiful things, among others. The word “logizesthe” means to dwell on deeply, to meditate. It does not mean to skim over. It would be silly to imagine that Paul would urge his readers to “logizesthe” on things that were not worthy of it. So, what things are worthy of [...]
- Christianity and the Arts
While up here in Louisville, I went to a coffeehouse discussion thing and the discussion topic was on Christianity and the Arts. Seminary professor Dr. Steve Halla delivered an excellent presentation on the topic and I spoke to him and shared my heart for this topic and it all got me very excited about coming [...]
- 50 Potential Christian Bestsellers
Marc over at Purgatorio shared this list of potential Christian Bestsellers. I don’t even believe in the rapture, but I think if these books showed up on the shelves I would be looking East and listening for a trumpet. The ones in bold were particularly funny to me.
Your Best Life Now Book of Martyrs
I’m [...]
- The Gospel According to Wal-Mart
Teresa and I were strolling through Wal-Mart today, and as we were heading towards the front of the store to wait in line with the 400 other customers at the registers, something caught my eye. It was in the book and magazine aisle. A large banner hung over these books and read “Inspirational,” but what [...]
Movie Reviews
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
2008-05-19 18:16
Jason Segal was funny, I could have lived my life without seeing his junk though. Russell Brand took the show though, he was hilarious, great timing. But overall the movie was a disappointment. I'd been expecting Knocked Up 2 but it just didn't live up to the hype for me.
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2008-05-19 17:12
I'm not a huge fan of the Bond movies. I like the Sean Connery era, But Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan were too clean cut and high brow for me. Daniel Craig plays a more sadistic and heartless Bond. And the Poker game is fantastic, riveting.
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2008-05-19 16:58
McClane is back! I liked Justin Long as the sidekick. Not the best of the series, but at least it's better than #2.
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2008-05-19 16:50
I love Iron Man. It's intelligent, exciting, and funny. Plus fanboys (like me) love it for all the Marvel world references.
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