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Here are some ideas for approaching your Easter celebration or preaching from a little different angle. The article below appeared originally the April 1997 issue of Presbyterians Today. EXIT LAUGHING Why the long faces in Church? Jesus is alive! The Gospel is not a tragedy. By Edward McNulty When Thou Shalt Laugh, a DVD featuring …
Kenneth Brannagh and Lily James of ‘Downton’ give us a wonderfully romantic new Cinderella. Click to read my entire review.
Rated PG-13. Our Rating: V-1 ; L-4 ; S/N-0 . Length: 1 hour 49 min. A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity. Proverbs 17:17 Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, who looks far down on the heavens and the earth? He raises the …
PG-13. Our ratings: V-3 ; L-3 ; S/N- 5. Running time: 2 hours 2 min. The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse—who can understand it? I the Lord test the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their doings. Jeremiah 17:9-10 …
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Rated PG-13 Our Content Rating: V-0 ; L-2 ; S/N-4 Running time: 145 minutes Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls, and security within your towers.” Psalm 122:6-7 How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity! Psalm 133:1 I tell …
Once again it is time to offer up VP’s Top Ten Films list. Perhaps “past” should preface “time,” as most critics have long since published their lists. However, as one dwelling in the hinterlands, that vast space between NYC and LA depicted in the famous NEW YORKER Magazine’s cartoon cover, I wanted to wait until …
Rated PG Our Content Rating: V-0 ; L-1 ; S/N-2 Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob. Raise a song, sound the tambourine… Psalm 81:2 Director/writer Michael Schorr’s film begins at the same point, as did the American film About Schmidt—with the retirement of its main character. Schultze …
Rated PG. Our ratings: V-5; L-1; S-5/N-1 Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help. When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish. Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their …