Category: Reviews and Cultural Comment

May 21, 2013

Iron Man 3: Sin, when fully grown, brings forth death

by Ted Giese Iron Man 3 is a superhero action film with some drama thrown in. As a story, it centers around the theme that actions have consequences. Seems simple enough. The movie starts out with Tony Stark, the man behind the Iron Mask, saying…

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May 3, 2013

42: A film of faith and baseball

by Ted Giese The movie 42 (The Jackie Robinson 2013 Bio-Pic) is about the life of two Christians—Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson—and how they lived their Christian faith in their vocations. Rickey was the General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Robinson was a player…

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March 20, 2013

The Bible: “Viewer discretion is advised”

by Ted Giese As might be expected, Lutherans are keen on the Bible. Our churches read aloud from the Scriptures every week during worship. In those same services our pastors preach sermons based on the readings for the day. We encourage our members to read…

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June 14, 2012

In review: Prometheus (SPOILERS)

Prometheus (2012) Directed by Ridley Scott Written by: Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof Starring: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green and Michael Fassbender Runtime: 124 min Rated 14-A in Canada. by Ted Giese When pressed by interviewer Ben Stein in his 2008 documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, world renowned atheist Richard Dawkins…

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March 5, 2012

Review: The future of Lutheran education

Book Review:  Lutheran Education: From Wittenberg to the Future by Thomas Korcok Published by Concordia Publishing House, St Louis, 2011 by Ken Albinger, BScEd, MEd, EdD Is there a specifically Lutheran educational pedagogy (teaching methodology) that is to be preferred above all other methods? Dr. Korcok, a…

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July 15, 2011

The Good Book: A Humanist Bible is not so good

by Michael Keith Most of the time if I dislike a book it’s because of either its content or style. Rarely is there a book which I dislike for both! The Good Book: A Humanist Bible “made by” A.C. Grayling is such a book. (Published by…

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