Books, Movies & Reviews



BOOK REVIEWS

The Purpose Driven Life/Church
    The Purpose Driven Church   9 Marks review
    The Purpose Driven Church       A Lutheran review
    A Look at the Purpose Driven Life  Paul R. Naumann,  The Lutheran Witness, April 2004
    The Purpose Driven Church     A critique by Nathan Busenitz
    The Purpose Driven Life         The Barnes & Noble Review

    The Purpose Driven Life    9 Marks review
    The Purpose Driven Life: A Modern Day Golden Calf
     A somewhat less charitable review
    Warren's Purpose Driven Life    New Horizons,  May 2004, John V. Fesko
   
Rick Warren: the quintessential evangelical...  Baylyblog  October 28, 2005
 

The DaVinci Code

    Not InDavincible A Review and Critique of The DaVinci Code,   James Patrick Holding, 2003
    A Review of The DaVinci Code,
    Anne Barbeau Gardiner Culture Wars, 2004
   
The Royal Myth of the DaVinci Code,     Tim Callahan,  Skeptic Magazine, 2004
   
Breaking The Da Vinci Code,    Collin Hansen, Christian History, 2003
   
Deciphering "The Da Vinci Code"   Albert Mohler, Crosswalk.com 2004
    The DaVinci Code: The Facts Behind the Fiction  
Watchman Fellowship


Self Esteem Writings

    Robert McGee & RAPHA a critical critique
   
Wild at Heart             Reviewed by Randy Stinson
    Wild at Heart             Reviewed by Daryl Wingerd
    Wild at Heart: A Critique,  David Rea and Carlton Wynne, PCANews.com
    Too Wild at Heart?    Douglas LeBlanc ChristianityToday.com, 2004
    Wild at Heart: A Critique
Byron Borger, Coalition for Christian Outreach  2004
    Wild at Heart
Plays Wild with the Truth  Steve Olree St. Louis MetroVoice
    Wild at Heart:
A Critique    Gary Gilley, Southern View Chapel 2004  pt. #1
    Wild at Heart:
A Critique    Gary Gilley, Southern View Chapel 2004  pt. #2
    God in Man's Image: A Critique of Wild at Heart  Rut Ethridge III
    Robert Schuller and Self Esteem    Gregory Johnson 1999
   

 

What about the Prayer of Jabez?
   
God, Prayer and American Evangelicalism:An Inadequate Theology   Mark Talbot
    The Prayer of Jabez.  Phil Ryken
    Review of the Prayer of Jabez  by Joseph Wheat
    Another Look at Jabez  James L. Smith
    What Would Jabez Do?   Mars Hill review by Mike Gunn
    Christianity Today critique of The New York Times critique
    CBN Review
    Review by Martin Marty
    Campus Crusade Testimonials

All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes  by Ken Meyers
When a Baby Dies: Answers to Comfort Grieving Parents    by Ronald H. Nash


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MOVIES
"The Passion of the Christ"

    Reviews, Opinions, and Critiques    a movie produced by Mel Gibson

Movie Theology
   
A list of resources providing critiques of Hollywood movies from a variety of Christian perspectives.

Star Wars

    The Gospel According to Lucas Part 1   Watchman Fellowship
    The Gospel According to Lucas Part 2   Watchman Fellowship
    The Apocalyptic Cosmology of Star Wars    by John Lyden
    A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away    Derek Thomas

The Kingdom of Heaven
    Crusading Hollywood    Derek Thomas
    Pluralistic Crusaders      World Magazine, May 7, 2005

 *"Ridley Scott has concocted his most sloppy film to date, a cringe-worthy epic of the Crusades that says absolutely nothing about the Crusades."
                            -- Rick Curnutte, THEFILMJOURNAL.COM (OHIO)
 *An epic about Christian crusaders who happen to be liberal humanists willing to die for the sake of religious tolerance. That's just ... weird."
                -- David Edelstein, SLATE
*The movie does what any self-respecting politician would do: sidestep the issues, soft-pedal mortal costs, talk a fat game, and
                divert your attention  away from history with exercises in spectacle and power." -- Michael Atkinson, VILLAGE VOICE