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The Bridge to Terabithia– The Loss of Innocence
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Ben Witherington
The Bridge to Terabithia is yet another family movie by Walden Media which has been getting tremendously positive reviews. The movie is based on the very popular book by Katherine Patterson of the same name published in 1977 and winner of the Newbury Award in 1978, a book about young teens coming of age, and…
Rob Bell hits Lexington and a Packed-Out House
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Ben Witherington
Zondervan seems to know its got a tiger by the tale. And not a tame one either, so they’ve boldly decided to let him out of his Grand Rapids cage. Indeed they have decided to take him out on tour– more specifically the Sex God Tour, promoting his latest book “Sex God” and his new…
“Amazing Grace”– The Story of William Wilberforce
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Ben Witherington
Sometimes the Media gets it exactly right. In this case I am referring to Walden Media and Bristol Films. The former of these two names will be known to all movie buffs as the folks who gave us the first episode of the Chronicles of Narnia on film. Well Walden Media, while not a Christian…
Garrison Keillor on “Those People called Methodists”
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Ben Witherington
It was bound to happen. At some juncture a pronouncement would come forth from Lake Wobegon about the second largest Protestant denomination– namely the family of Methodist Churches. And sadly and indeed humorously, many of the insights are true. So here are some of the highlights (P.S., along the way you discover that Garrison is…
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