Lord, Save Us from Your Followers

Directed by Dan MerchantBent Pyramid Productionslordsaveusthemovie.comGet the downloadable PDF Bible study.Why is it that saying the word "Jesus" makes some people scream with anger or cower in fear? That's one...

Holy Humor

Jesus Laughed: The Redemptive Power of HumorRobert DardenAbingdon Press, 2008, 138 pp., $16www.abingdonpress.comNailin’ It to the ChurchDocumentary by Murray Stiller2008, 75 minutes, $14.99www.nailinitt...

Pop Culture Deja Vu

What do these pop culture icons have in common? All have made news in recent weeks, and all reveal how rapidly our culture has changed.Thirty-one million people watched Michael Jackson’s televised memoria...

To Save a Life

To Save a LifeTheatrical film with curriculumNew Song Pictures, 2009www.how2savealife.comJake is cute and sexy. He’s class president, MVP of the basketball team, and he’s dating a beautiful babe. ...

A Community Called Taize

A Community Called TaizéJason Brian SantosInterVarsity Press, 2008, 208 pp., $15.00, www.ivpress.comSome of us have sung beautiful worship songs written by the Christian brothers from Taizé, an inte...

Culture Corner Crisis of Faith

These two books examine the same problem—the shallowness and weakness of American-style Christianity—but do so in differing ways.Heit, who’s pursuing a Ph.D. in religion and literature, exam...

The Almost True Story of Ryan Fisher

The Almost True Story of Ryan FisherRob StennettZondervan, 2008, 352 pp., $12.99, www.zondervan.comRyan Fisher is all business. A hardcharging real estate agent, Fisher decides to market himself to church fol...