Category Archives: Culture

Movies that Teach Christian History

Those who cannon remember the past are condemned to repeat it – George Santayana With all that’s going in on the present, it’s easy to never look in the past and learn from history. Most children don’t know the sacrifice … Continue reading

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SLED Pro-Life Explanation

As you prepare yourself to explain reasons for the pro-life position, Scott Klusendorf has developed a simple explanation of why a baby in the womb shouldn’t be considered to be any different than one just born.  He presented his outline … Continue reading

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Justin Taylor’s Biography Lists

Justin Taylor has been interviewing professors and pastors to get their list of top biographies (about Christians and non-Christians) including Doug Sweeney, Carl Truman, George Marsden, Mark Noll, Kevin DeYoung and several others.  The leading recommendations across all of the … Continue reading

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Most Influential Christian Books

After a search across the internet for the most influential texts in Christian history came up empty, I decided to create my own.  It is admittedly biased toward western, evangelical, Protestant books with a skew toward more recent publications.  I … Continue reading

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Life Around the World in Pictures

A few photojournalist articles have been published in the past few months that show many eye opening (and often shocking) contrasts between cultures and standards of living across the world.  The three sets of images are focused on children’s toys … Continue reading

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The Earth Stood Still – Video and Lyrics

This is a beautiful song about the incarnation.  The lyrics are below and the video is from Harvest Bible Chapel though the original song is from Future of Forestry. A teenage girl and her soon-to-be. A simple trip far as … Continue reading

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3801 Lancaster Video about Kermit Gosnell Abortion Clinic

Watch this video from 3801 Lancaster to learn the truth behind Kermit Gosnell’s abortion practice: For more on the topic see the articles How Planned Parenthood is Different from Kermit Gosnell and Christian view of abortion

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Disney’s Paperman Short Film

Disney produced a short film called Paperman about two people meeting at the train station.  It’s a cute story about found, lost and recovered love told in six minutes. After watching, find what true love is…

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Les Miserables – Focus on the Family Radio Theater

Focus on the Family Radio Theater’s Les Miserables brings the characters from Victor Hugo’s classic book to life.  The drama and sound effects are well done and help the listener to follow the life of Jean Valjean, his encounters with … Continue reading

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In the Land of Blue Burqas – Book Review

Summary: In the Land of Blue Burqas by Kate McCord (pseudonym) allows you see though the eyes of the author as she takes you into the homes of families in Afghanistan and talks with (primarily) women about their lives and … Continue reading

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