The film is uneven, but Joy knows just who she is. mpaa rating:PG-13 (For brief strong language.)Genre:DramaTheatre Release:December 25, 2015 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation The text at the beginning of Joy, the latest film from director David O. Russell...
Review: The Revenant
In the 1820s frontier wilderness, survival is a bear. mpaa rating:R (For strong frontier combat and violence including gory images, a sexual assault, language and brief nudity.)Genre:Drama, WesternTheatre Release:December 25, 2015 by Twentieth Century Fox Film...
Tarantino’s Incarnational Aesthetic
Quentin Tarantino is an unlikely contributor to the theology of Incarnation. This article is adapted from a chapter in the newly published book Tarantino And Theology.The Hateful Eight will be the second Quentin Tarantino film in a row to be released on Christmas Day...
Let Christmas Be Complicated
We often overlook the tragic backdrop to Jesus' birth. I have always loved the color gray. All my favorite hoodies, sweatpants, and T-shirts are gray. One Christmas shopping trip, my fashion-savvy mother tried to get me to “please, pick some color besides...
Why I’m Not a Conscientious Objector
I can't condemn war in the way my Anabaptist friends so quickly do. This June, CT drew attention to veterans’ experiences in the cover story “Formed by War.” To continue the discourse sparked by that story, alongside the Centurions Guild, CT is...
The Mystery of My Healing
Unexplainable relief is a reminder of God’s grace, wholeness, and incarnation. I can’t remember when it began, but for the past few years, a constant pain has hugged my lower back. It was enough to wake me up at night. I tried Advil. I tried stretching. I...
Christianity and Islam: Evangelicals and Americans Are Not on the Same Page About the “Same God”
A lot of debate has swirled around the similarity (or dissimilarity) of Christianity and Islam lately. What do people think? Just a few months ago, in October, LifeWay Research published a good amount of data on how Americans, pastors, self-identified evangelicals,...
The Importance of Leading Kids to Love Jesus
I recently asked #kidmin leaders how they help children love Jesus for themselves. Ed Stetzer: How do we avoid teaching moralistic principles, making the focus moralism, but instead at all ages and at all stages making sure people understand the gospel itself. Lou Cha...