Like many of you, my wife and I ran out this weekend to watch Amazing Grace. While the film was quite moving and artistically superb, I must (sadly) agree with Charlotte Allen's critique: Amazing Grace masks the theologically-driven nature of Wilberforce's mission. As Allen notes: "It is rare that a Hollywood film takes up a subject like William Wilberforce (1759-1833), the British parliamentarian who devoted nearly his entire 45-year political career to banning the British slave trade. Alas, a lot of people watching "Amazing Grace," Michael Apted's just-released film, may get the … [Read more...] about Amazing Grace – Downplays Christianity
Archives for February 2007
John Piper’s Criteria For a Wife
There are four: "That was the first criterion I had for a wife—female. The second was: She treasures Jesus Christ. The third was that she like me. The fourth was that she be willing to go wherever God calls us. (Remember the conversation on the couch in your apartment that first summer when I named the hardest places I could think of, and you and said, Yes? I had not even asked you to marry me yet.)" From a letter to his wife Noel on her most recent birthday. … [Read more...] about John Piper’s Criteria For a Wife
Five Love/Lust Languages
David Powlison provides an insightful and penetrating review of The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. Excerpt: Up to a point, 5LL can be informative, correcting ignorance about how people differ from each other, and making you more aware of patterns of expectation that you and others bring to the table. . . . But speaking love languages is surely not the whole story. In fact, it is practical, immoral wisdom—manipulation or pandering or both—when it becomes the whole story. Part of considering the interests of others is to do them tangible good. But then to really love them, you usually … [Read more...] about Five Love/Lust Languages
Walden Media – Amazing Grace movie
Micheal Flaherty, President of Walden Media, pens this month's article in Imprimis, a publication of Hillsdale College. Walden Media, founded only several years ago, is dedicated to "recapturing imagination, rekindling curiosity, and demonstrating the rewards of knowledge and virtue." They have produced films like The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, and the upcoming Amazing Grace film, which chronicles the efforts of William Wilberforce to abolish the slave trade (and, eventually, slavery itself). His article speaks of reviving the popularity of reading good literature, and the … [Read more...] about Walden Media – Amazing Grace movie
Gender Selection and Medical Ethics
Albert Mohler offers a wise response to a question raised in today's NY Times: If people want to choose their baby’s sex before pregnancy, should doctors help? … [Read more...] about Gender Selection and Medical Ethics
Unsung Heroism of Military
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