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Revisiting The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

by Ted Giese The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is now in theatres but it’s worth taking a closer look at the first movie (An Unexpected Journey)—especially since the first…

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Time travel and Woody Grant: Reviewing Nebraska

by Ted Giese Nebraska tells the story of Woody Grant, an elderly man, who upon receiving a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize notice in the mail has it in his…

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Reviewing 12 Years a Slave

…the United States is not analogous to slavery as it’s depicted in Scripture and using Scripture to justify slavery as conducted by 19th century plantation owners is a twisting of…

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Reviewing Son of God

…death, resurrection, and ascension. Son of God is not a one-stop shop for either the faithful Christian or the spiritually-interested viewer. ——————— Rev. Ted Giese is associate pastor at Mount…

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Noah: a creative writing project

by Ted Giese Darren Aronofsky has opinions about the Noah story and he’s not afraid to let the world know what they are. They inhabit Noah in such a way…

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The Agony in the Garden

by Ted Giese Recently I had the privilege to take part in Canadian Lutheran World Relief’s (CLWR) 2014 Global Encounter, held in Israel and Palestine. In addition to visiting places…

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