This weekend marks a notable milestone in the providence of God. On February 9th, Dr. John MacArthur will hit his fiftieth year as pastor of Grace Community Church. Fifty years.
My dear friend, whatever we are going through (hard or simple), may we take FULL advantage of the opportunity to exercise the WONDROUS TRUTHS of Almighty God’s Word and choose to have faith in Him...
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| 2/7/2019
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Antonio Banderas reunites with actress Penelope Cruz and director Pedro Almodovar in the new trailer for Pain & Glory (Dolo Y Gloria). Banderas, 58, and Cruz, 44, previously starred in...
This weekend marks a notable milestone in the providence of God. On February 9th, Dr. John MacArthur will hit his fiftieth year as pastor of Grace Community Church. Fifty years.
If our heart is truly tuned to the cause of Christ, if in fact we actually are centred around the gospel as a planet orbits the sun, then Paul’s words begin to ring true—glory in unexpected places is...
Gerald McDermott is Anglican Chair of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School. He is a well-respected scholar of Jonathan Edwards and the author of many books. On a personal note, I will add that Gerry’s...
As we continue to read the Letter to the Hebrews in daily Mass, we are reminded that although the Temple liturgies were glorious and elaborate, they merely pointed to the perfect sacrifice of Christ.
If you know one song from Rent, it’s “Seasons of Love.” And if you know two songs from Rent, the second is probably “One Song Glory.” Roger’s bittersweet, evocative song — that doesn’t remind us of...
The Passion of the King of Glory by Russ Ramsey is graciously available free to Christ and Pop Culture members until April 22, 2019, through our partnership with InterVarsity Press.
“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown,” Shakespeare wrote of Britain’s care-burdened monarchs. Try telling that to the Academy. Once again, playing British royalty has proved to be a...
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| 1/20/2019
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The winners of the annual Ocean Art photography competition have been revaled, with some remarkable photos of the world's most unique marine life taking the top prizes.
The Emmys never sleep. Although television’s top awards show is more than eight months away, we start harvesting tea leaves with Saturday’s Producers Guild Awards, followed by the DGA and WGA awards...
Paris-based Bac Films is launching a slate of new acquisitions at the UniFrance Rendez-Vous in Paris, including Nicolas Pariser’s “Alice And The Mayor” with Fabrice Luchini, and Antoine de Bary’s...
To Paul, this was true Christian freedom: to do whatever it takes to love one’s neighbor for the sake of Jesus. This is what Paul had in mind when he wrote, “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever...
January and February represent the climax of awards season in the UK, when many of the films with the biggest chance of Oscar and Bafta wins are released. A year ago, those releases included best...
Samsung's new high-end gaming laptop might just be a contender against other mainstream models from Dell, Lenovo and Acer. The Notebook Odyssey was announced alongside Nvidia's latest mobile...
I left my home in China in 1949, nearly 70 years ago. I thought I would just be studying in the United States before returning to China. But events beyond my control – the Communist victory over the...
Who Is This King of Glory? At Christmas, we ponder the fact that we are now able to see God in human terms. Himself - Nature By taking to Himself a human nature,...
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| 12/28/2018
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Once again this year I offer short daily podcasts to help you prepare for the upcoming feast as well as for your own, personal, meeting with the Lord. Here is CHRISTMASCAzT 28, in the Octave of...
By now, you likely know the story of Tim Burton‘s aborted Superman Lives. The Batman director was set to take on the Man of Steel, working off a script penned by Kevin Smith, with none other than...
Merry Christmas season! I love Christmas. I love this time of year. Jesus Christ is Lord today, tomorrow and every day. I need Him now. He reigns over reality and He lives in me.
“Glory to God in the highest” (Luke 2:14). G. K. Chesterton said, “Whatever else is or is not true, this one thing is certain—man is not what he was meant to be.
When attorney Jackie Fuchs first appeared on “Jeopardy!” Dec. 14, viewers who recognized her from a past life had to wonder if the producers of the show were off their own game, as it were.
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| 12/15/2018
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“I probably wouldn’t have … gotten away with it.” Those words this week from former FBI Director James Comey could well be chiseled in marble as his epitaph. Comey was explaining yet another...
In a break from his Spanish distributor of past years, Warner Bros., Pedro Almodovar has opted to release his latest film “Pain & Glory” in Spain via Sony Pictures Releasing International on...
A US Congressional report outlin]ing the breakdowns that lead to the 2017 theft of 148 million personal records from Equifax has revealed a stunning catalog of failure.
Lamar Odom says what you've heard is true ... he's coming for a BIG3 championship ... but if you think he's going to be doing it alongside his old Lakers teammate, Kobe Bryant, YOU'RE WRONG.
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| 12/8/2018
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From images of war-torn Syria to stampeding wildebeest, the National Geographic Photo Contest winner’s photos have shown the world in all its incredible glory. While the images are stunning, many of...
Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018. This is a great short yet informative book on the kingdom of God in the biblical story. Schreiner (son St. Tom “the Exegete” Schreiner) covers how kingdom is related to...
“While we were out walking Archie and we watched him sniffing constantly I remembered reading some incredible facts about dogs’ noses, but they were so astonishing that I thought I must have got them...
View larger. | A glory on a foggy morning, via Arnaud Besancon. Arnaud Besancon in Germany caught this image on November 16, 2018. He said he took the photo while looking west at sunrise, and he...
Composite image of the Abell 2597 galaxy cluster showing the fountain-like flow of gas powered by the supermassive black hole in the central galaxy. Image via NRAO.
“May my life be a continual prayer, a long act of love.” Born in the Septaine district of France, she was the eldest of two daughters. Upon the sudden death of her father, the girls and their mother...
A billion light-years from Earth lies one of the universe's most massive structures, a giant elliptical galaxy surrounded by a sprawling cluster of other galaxies known as Abell 2597.
(Reuters) – American Shalane Flanagan runs what may be her last competitive marathon as she and Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor defend their New York City Marathon titles on Sunday.
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| 11/2/2018
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The Red Sox brand new World Series Trophy is fully restored after it was damaged by a flying beer can during Wednesday's championship parade in Boston. Excitable fans, who were gathering on the city...
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| 11/1/2018
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The Collect for today’s Mass for All Saints is the same in both forms of the Roman Rite. It it found already in the 8th century Liber sacramentorum Engolismensis.
“Another cause back of our top-heavy and ugly over-organization is fear. Churches and societies founded by saintly men with courage, faith and sanctified imagination appear unable to propagate...
“As sudden as it appeared, the glory was gone, the Father’s voice stilled, Moses and Elijah had retreated, and on the slopes of Mt. Hermon were only Peter, James, and John with Jesus.
Eugene Peterson, a “shepherd’s shepherd” passed away (joyfully) today at the age of 85. “The lantern is out, but the joy he carried with him to his final breaths endures,” author Winn Collier writes...
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| 10/20/2018
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If I am not mistaken, at the ongoing Synod (“walking together”) on youth hasn’t done much at all about encouraging young people to marry (the opposite sex) and to have children.
The Masked Singer isn't your typical singing competition. How do we know, considering we haven't seen a single episode of the new Fox series? Just look at the photos below of the disguised...
The Michigan football program got support from a highly unlikely place on Tuesday. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former dictator of Iran, tweeted that he hopes to see Michigan football return to its...
“Sometimes a heartfelt groan is better than a sung anthem. Tears are a language that God understands.” — Robert Smith Jr. You can listen to this episode of TGC Word of the Week here. Related:...
(Screenshot: YouTube/The Guardian)Denis Mukwege (R), a Congolese physician who won the 2018 Noble Peace Prize. For too long, the wars in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been destroying...
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2018. This volume by Haley Goranson Jacob (Whitworth University) is based on her PhD written at St. Andrews University under the supervision of N.T. Wright.
A typical patrol comprised around 10 trucks and jeeps. One truck carried communications and navigation gear. Another toted heavy weapons. The rest carted fuel and supplies.
Last week a federal court ruled to cancel Wyoming’s first grizzly bear hunt in about forty years. Many were thrilled at the decision. Many were not. The ruling follows on the heels of a relevant...
Dr. John R. de Witt, former senior minister of First Presbyterian Church and former Moderator of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian General Synod, passed into glory on Sunday, September 30, 2018.
Such may be the case for Bradley Cooper, a longtime actor who has been nominated twice for a Golden Globe in years past. As award buzz builds around his latest project, A Star Is Born—for which he...