The largest church in the United States is Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. It holds 43,500 people.
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Historically, the church’s ministry of grounding new believers in the essentials of Christian faith has been known as catechesis
It must be a thankless job to write for a sci-fi TV show.
Three programs dominate the computer Bible study scene: Logos, the bulky resource library that provides many commentaries and books about
“American culture,” writes Doris Lessing, “is enriched by having the whole range of Marilynne Robinson’s work.&rd
Friday night is the highlight of our family’s week because Friday is “Family Movie Night.” In the last three years, we&
A Christian Rip Van Winkle who fell asleep midway through the 20th century and woke up today “would not recognize the shifted shape
Something for nothing? We all know that’s unlikely.
What’s a girl to do when she’s finished with Nancy Drew but too innocent for the glamour and drama of the Gossip Girls?
“You’ve got to see Avatar,” wrote my friend.
I first heard of Amazon.com in 1997 from a library-science student I had a crush on.
As movie buffs focus on the Academy Awards, discussions always turn to what makes a film “important.” Films of importance tak
In Europe, Africa, and North America, the increasing visibility of the Muslim world is challenging both Christianity and secular societie
Recently I became a tweeter.
Have you heard? The Reading Crisis is over.
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Lately, I’ve been giving friends this pop quiz: “Quick, name one TV show with characters who believe in God in a realistic, s
When cramming for an exam at Harvard Law School, Thomas Rollins felt woefully unprepared.
What do you get John Calvin for his 500th birthday?
If reading is to do anything, it is to delight us and to enlarge us.
The movie ended and this message rolled across the theater screen: Based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
In recent years I’ve seen several literature-to-film adaptations I enjoyed and could recommend, even as a lover of literature.