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Feasting on Film
With Julie and Julia opening this week, it's a good time to savor a few great movies that are centered around food and its delights.
Harry Potter: Good or Evil?
Readers react as the debate continues over the merits (or lack thereof) of Harry Potter.
A Happier Audience
Director Leo McCarey (An Affair to Remember, The Bells of St. Mary's) wanted his viewers to leave the theaters with a smile on their faces.
Is Harry the Chosen One?
As Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens, we are once again reminded of the characteristics that make him something of a Christ figure.
A Mann's World
Public Enemies director Michael Mann often blurs the line between the good guys and the bad in the moral crossfire between cops and robbers.
Job Search
Two foreign films poignantly illustrate that our quests for the perfect job—more money, more stuff—might miss the point of what really matters in life.
Music in Recession
Can the Christian music industry survive the economic storm?
Saints, Sinners, and Salvation
The Terminator franchise—including the new Terminator Salvation—is full of religious imagery, much of it ultimately embracing hope for mankind.
To Swear or Not to Swear?
Our recent commentary about Derek Webb's battle with his record company over the use of a bad word sparked quite a reaction from readers.
Jesus and the Terminator
Biblical allusions run throughout the series.
'I Try to Be a Christian'
Orson Welles had a Catholic upbringing and was involved in several projects based on the Bible, but he mostly identified with Shakespeare's Falstaff—a Christ figure 'decorated with vices.'
Is the Fight to Swear a Noble Battle?
With Derek Webb's announcement of a battle over his newest album, some may applaud his apparent stand for the right to swear. But is it really worth the fight?
Secular or Sacred?
Or neither? We should stop trying to define a dividing line, because when it comes to music, it's all spiritual.
Ego, Super-Ego, & Id
Why we've always found the Trek triumvirate of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy so, ahem, fascinating.
Dam Yangtze!
Two films chronicle China's endeavor to flood entire cultures via the "progress" of building the world's largest dam.
Films with Class
Two thrilling movies about classrooms, students and teachers, guaranteed to stir your soul.
Not Safe, But Good
Is it OK to let children watch scary movies if there's a valuable lesson to be learned? We asked. You answered.
Bibliophiles We
Did we mention that we love books?
Dark Knights and Bright Lights
Finding truth, beauty, and goodness even in the darkest of films—starting with The Dark Knight, one of the best films of 2008.
Sci-Fi's Brave New World
How the genre draws us to its own views of redemption.

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A Theological Monument to Unity amid Diversity
A Theological Monument to Unity amid Diversity
Fifty years ago, the Lausanne Covenant’s solution to rampant division in evangelical ranks wasn’t uniformity.

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