Courageous, a movie from the makers of Fireproof, opens in theatres today. The movie follows four law enforcement officers who struggle with work, life, families, and fatherhood. The following is a synopsis from the movie’s website: “Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, David Thomson, and […]
Casting Crowns Concert Oct 2nd
CanadianChristianity.com in partnership with ConvergeMagazine.com and LMG Concerts is running a draw for Casting Crowns tickets. The Dove and Grammy award winning Contemporary Christian worship band will be playing at the Langley Events Centre on Sunday October 2 along with The Afters and Sanctus Real. Doors open at 6pm, and the show starts at 7 pm. […]
Who wins the Hell debate?
This summer, the Christian world erupted with the release of Rob Bell’s Love Wins. Many were unhappy with Bell’s treatment of hell and dubbed him a universalist. Countless response blogs, books, and articles were created to address some of Bell’s ideas. Most of the feedback he got was negative which led HarperOne editor Mickey Maudlin to […]
DVD Review: Source Code
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in Source Code, a sci-fi suspense film with an incredible storyline. Gyllenhaal plays the role of Colter Stephens, an army captain who finds himself trapped in the body of a man he does not recognize, while seated on a commuter train headed for Chicago. In front of him is a woman who […]
‘Suing the Devil’ #2 indie film at box office
The Christian film ‘Suing the Devil’ opened August 26 and has taken second spot at the indie box office. The film is described as a Christian thriller and was written and directed by Harvard alumnus Tim Chey. In the film, Bart Bronsen plays Luke O’Brien, a janitor turned law student who decides he will sue […]
Love and sacrifice in Harry Potter
Is Dumbledore God? No. Definitely not. Well, maybe. Let me ask: If Voldemort can be evil incarnate — the devil, why can’t Dumbledore be a God-figure? And then there are those traits Harry shares with Jesus: his willingness to sacrifice himself in order to defeat Voldemort and save the Wizarding world. I can hear the […]
Burlap to Cashmere’s new record reflects experience
Album Burlap to Cashmere (self-titled) Genre Greek, Folk, Rock Record Label Jive, Essential Released July 19, 2011 Reviewer Shara Lee Burlap to Cashmere is back with a newer more refined, but familiar sound. The band was popular during the 90’s and had won two Dove awards for their work. But their success came quick and […]
Jaycee Dugard releases memoir
She is known to the world as the young girl who was kidnapped at age 11 by a serial rapist and his wife. Jaycee Dugard, now age 31 recalls her 18 years of imprisonment under captor Phillip Garrido in her memoir, A Stolen Life. It’s difficult for the average person to understand just how difficult […]
The Great Divorce
Pacific Theatre’s production of The Great Divorce is a creative and compelling rendition of C.S. Lewis’ unconventional meditation on heaven, hell and what may be in between. The plot follows a narrator, who represents Lewis himself, that journeys by bus from a middling layer of hell to the foothills of heaven on a “vacation for […]
Film Review: Of Gods and Men
Of Gods and Men Directed by Xavier Beauvois Starring Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale & Oliver Rabourdin Of Gods and Men tells the story of several French monks who lived in Algeria and were part of the local community there until they were abducted by an Islamist militia in 1996. The monks eventually died under […]
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