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This telephone interview with the author is reprinted from the Spring 2007 issue of Visual Parables. The review of the Disney film based on the book is also included in that issue. The release of the Disney film Bridge to Terabithia, based on a Newbery Award book, was the occasion for my interview with its author …
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Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V- 1; L- 2; S/N-4 . Running time: 1 hour 34 min. As in all the churches of the saints, women should be silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as the law also says. If there is anything they desire to know, …
Rated PG. Our ratings: V- 2; L- 1; S/N-4 . Running time: 1 hour 40 min. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises. Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody. With trumpets and the sound …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V- 5; L- 4; S/N – 1. Running time: 1 hour 51 min. One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend. Proverbs 17:9 Desire without knowledge is not good, and one who moves too hurriedly misses the way. Proverbs 19:2 But those …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V- 0; L- 3; S/N -1. Running time: 1 hour 37 min. to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. Luke 1:79 ‘Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?’ The …
Rated PG. Our ratings: V- 1; L- 0; S/N – 2. Running time: 2 hours Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was …
Rated R. Our ratings: V- 0; L- 45 S/N-4 . Running time: 1 hour 53 min. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring …
Rated R. Our ratings: V- 1; L- 3; S/N – 7. Running time: 1 hour 42 min. Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame. Many waters cannot quench …
Rated PG.. Our ratings: V- 2; L- 0; S/N -2. Running time: c. 2 hours The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil.” Then Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-5 ; L- 2; S/N-3 . Running time: 2 hours 10 min. Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not …