Tammy Faye Bakker: Gay Icon

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Steve Rabey

God Loves Homosexuals, and So Does She!

The late wife of fallen televangelist Jim Bakker is the subject of a critically acclaimed documentary, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” which reveals her soft spot for homosexuals–a group that many other Christians condemn. Filmmakers Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey show how Tammy Faye has expressed concern and compassion for homosexuals for nearly 20 years.=

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/octoberweb-only/32.85.html?start=2

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Christian Publishing’s New Paradigm

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Steve Rabey

Organizations, Publishers and Readers Confront Digital Revolution

Evangelical Christians are people of the Word, and Christians have embraced books and periodicals ever since Gutenberg first printed Bibles five centuries ago. But as the staid world of Christian publishing addresses the digital revolution’s “new normal,” digital publishing isn’t paying the bills. Major magazines are closing, and book publishers are reducing their new titles.

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Bilbo Baggins: Lord of the Megaplex

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Steve Rabey

“Fellowship of the Ring” Film Brings Tolkien’s Middle Earth to Big Screens

It all began in 1937, when a British publisher took a gamble on a book about Hobbits by a philologist and professor of old English literature. Half a million words later, the Lord of the Rings trilogy was born. The series has sold more than 50 million copies and inspired the first in a series of highly anticipated films.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/novemberweb-only/29.99.html

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Review: Don’t Stop Believin’

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Steve Rabey

Pop Culture and Religion from Ben-Hur to Zombies

Granted: Elvis, Walt Disney, the Beatles, Star Wars, Madonna, Stephen King, The Simpsons, U2, Oprah qualify as theologically significant pop cultural icons of the past 60 years. But why did this book’s multiple authors (most of them affiliated with Fuller Theological Seminary) neglect Hugh Heffner, “All In the Family,” Woodstock, James Dobson, The Late Great Planet Earth, Bill Hybels/Willow Creek, Bruce Springsteen, and the religious right?

http://www.youthworker.com/reviews-for-youth-pastors/youth-ministry-books/11682805/

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Saving Kids from “Nature-Deficit Disorder”

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Steve Rabey

Richard Louv Says We’re Changing the Very Nature of Childhood

The majesty of creation has been the backdrop for humanity’s most enduring encounters with the divine. Moses met God on a mountaintop. John Wesley experienced his transformative warming of the heart after nearly losing his life at sea. But in his book, Last Child In the Woods, Louv says we technologically advanced citizens of the 21st century now live life indoors, and the consequences are killing us.

http://www.youthworker.com/youth-ministry-resources-ideas/youth-culture-news/11623992/

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Tammy Faye Bakker: Gay Icon

Christian Publishing’s New Paradigm

Bilbo Baggins: Lord of the Megaplex

Review: Don’t Stop Believin’

Saving Kids from “Nature-Deficit Disorder”

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