Arts & Culture

Evangelicals today are rather embarrassed about doing evangelism. In part this is due to our wanting to distance ourselves from the reality of immoral approaches to evangelism practiced by the church, both present and past. But, as John Fletcher points out in the conclusion to his book, perhaps there is a more telling and current reason for our embarrassment about evangelism.

When Jenny and Richard Bowen read a newspaper headline about the report – “U.S. rights group asserts that China lets thousands of orphans die” – they knew they had to do something. Sending money – where would they send it, anyway? – didn’t seem like an adequate solution to a crisis that involved the deaths of predominantly “unwanted little girls.”

The Leftovers is difficult to watch. It draws the viewer into the chaotic aftermath of tragic loss by taking us into the lives of characters who no longer have any sense of meaning or purpose. Thus far, partway into the first season, there is very little redemption to be found – which might actually be a reason to watch.

This small, charming and already celebrated book can be shortened to one sentence: “Follow Jesus into your neighbourhood with fellow followers of Jesus.”

I hate violence and I distrust all talk of “revolution.” But by the end of this book I not only wanted to occupy Wall Street, I wanted to destroy it with my bare hands.

According to David Garrison, “most Christians admit to knowing little about Islam or the way God is at work in their world to reach Muslims.

For Austin Fischer, Calvinism is a matter of cosmic concern. It’s a black hole – or at least it postulates a God who behaves like one.

Does the success of Michael Bay’s style of big-budget, explosion-y, thrill ride movie mean that Transformers: Age of Extinction is an especially good film? Not really. Was it fun to watch? Of course it was; that’s the entire point!