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Conservative Children’s Books: One More Step Into the Future



By David Outten Who would expect Hollywood to be the location for a company out to create Conservative children’s books for the iPad and the iPhone. A year ago a group of Hollywood writers, producers and actors did just that forming Cherry Tree Books, named after the story of George Washington’s youth that was once so popular.   Co-Founder Daniel Kessler writes, “We’ve been working on our stories for over a year. Using the s… Continue reading

‘Fantasy’ Film Genre & the Bible



…ke to His disciples in parables, such as the parables of the Good Samaritan, the prodigal son, and the rich man and Lazarus. Parables are short fictitious stories illustrating a moral principle or a religious doctrine.   Books and movies are like parables in that they, too, can illustrate moral principles and religious doctrines, including beliefs about God and Jesus Christ that enhance and influence the reception of the Bible.   Of cou… Continue reading

Was Ayn Rand Right?



…aracters that expressed her philosophy “of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.” Her books read more like tracts for her philosophy of “objectivism” than ordinary novels. As Daniel Flynn puts it, “The themes of Rand’s four novels-We the Living, Anthem, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged… Continue reading

You Can Trust the Easter Story!



…uke in the New Testament, the Greek physician Luke, a close friend of the Apostle Paul, writes, “I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning.” How can we know if this is true? How can we find out if the books of the New Testament are accurate, reliable records of the teachings of Jesus Christ? In a court of law, the burden of proof for denying the credibility of an eyewitness falls on those who wish to undermine that credib… Continue reading

‘Active’ Christians Buy More Books



“Active” Christians spend 66% more on Christian books than do “Professing,” “Private,” “Liturgical,” and “Cultural” Christians combined. They also buy 63% of their books on impulse, and more of them at Christian retail stores than any other retail outlet…. Continue reading

CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE’S “ASSISTANT”



CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE’S ASSISTANT is very loosely based on the first two novels in a 12-part series for juvenile readers about a teenager who gets caught up in a war between “good” vampires and “bad” vampires. The book series is titled THE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN, but the first two books are called CIRQUE DU FREAK and THE VAMPIRE’S ASSISTANT. The movie’s story, which has been changed from the books in several important ways, opens with the fu… Continue reading

Behold His Glory – The True History Behind the Nativity Story



…ion, and teachings of Jesus Christ, but you can also rely on what they say about non-Christian places, people and events, such as the names and titles of Roman government officials. In fact, the New Testament writer Luke (the books of LUKE and ACTS), the medical companion of Paul, an apostle appointed by Jesus Christ Himself and accepted by Christ’s other major apostles, including Peter, specifically says in LUKE 1:3 that he “carefull… Continue reading

Behold His Glory – The True History Behind the Nativity Story



…ion, and teachings of Jesus Christ, but you can also rely on what they say about non-Christian places, people and events, such as the names and titles of Roman government officials. In fact, the New Testament writer Luke (the books of LUKE and ACTS), the medical companion of Paul, an apostle appointed by Jesus Christ Himself and accepted by Christ’s other major apostles, including Peter, specifically says in LUKE 1:3 that he “carefully investigat… Continue reading

Media Alert Final ‘Harry Potter’ Movie Still Contains Dangerous Occult Content and False Religion



Hollywood, Calif. – Family advocate and Christian media scholar Dr. Ted Baehr, chairman of the Christian Film & Television Commission®, warns that the final Harry Potter movie, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II,” still has some dangerous, forbidden occult content and false religion.   “The final chapter to the “Harry Potter” stories, like the books, contains some surprisingly overt Christian allegorical elements,” Dr.&nbsp… Continue reading

He Is Risen! You Can Trust the Easter Story



…ament, the Greek physician Luke, a close friend of the Apostle Paul, writes, “I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning.”   How can we know if this is true? How can we find out if the books of the New Testament are accurate, reliable records of the teachings of Jesus Christ?   In a court of law, the burden of proof for denying the credibility of an eyewitness falls on those who wish to undermine that… Continue reading

 

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