While the Chicken Soup franchise of books never quite satisfied me, this collection of essays serves up something truly rich—the

Montreal-based indie rockers Arcade Fire have a growing North American reputation.

This historical drama, which follows England’s King George VI (Colin Firth) and his struggle with a speech impediment, is genial

In this fictional picture book based on the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Junior is trapped beneath rubble.

Movies love to celebrate forgiveness—that's why so many end in the glow of reconciliation. Get Low is different.

Gudenkauf's first novel narrates child abduction in cold, chiseled strokes.

Yarhouse is weakest when trying to summarize a definitive "Scriptural" position on homosexuality, quickly drawing conclusion

The largest church in the United States is Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. It holds 43,500 people.

Historically, the church’s ministry of grounding new believers in the essentials of Christian faith has been known as catechesis

It must be a thankless job to write for a sci-fi TV show.

Three programs dominate the computer Bible study scene: Logos, the bulky resource library that provides many commentaries and books about

“American culture,” writes Doris Lessing, “is enriched by having the whole range of Marilynne Robinson’s work.&rd

Friday night is the highlight of our family’s week because Friday is “Family Movie Night.” In the last three years, we&

A Christian Rip Van Winkle who fell asleep midway through the 20th century and woke up today “would not recognize the shifted shape

Something for nothing? We all know that’s unlikely.

What’s a girl to do when she’s finished with Nancy Drew but too innocent for the glamour and drama of the Gossip Girls?

“You’ve got to see Avatar,” wrote my friend.

I first heard of Amazon.com in 1997 from a library-science student I had a crush on.

As movie buffs focus on the Academy Awards, discussions always turn to what makes a film “important.” Films of importance tak

In Europe, Africa, and North America, the increasing visibility of the Muslim world is challenging both Christianity and secular societie

Recently I became a tweeter.

Have you heard? The Reading Crisis is over.

Phil Christman Jr.

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