Monthly Archives: August 2020

Review This book is a good introduction to Thomas Christianity, leaving a researcher hungry for more. While many of the names and concepts contained within are unknown to a Westerner, even a first-time reader is able to grasp basic ideas … Continue reading →

Review What would you, personally, do if you met an alien from outer space? Not just an idle question—your response could mark a pivot in the course of human history. The gut response from many people is to assume the … Continue reading →

Review Chaco presents many images to the people around him. Undocumented immigrant. Domestic gardener and handyman for a wealthy family. Object of derision from white males who suffer from an unjustified superiority complex. Former Salvadoran university professor and scientist who … Continue reading →

Review Anyone who read Armor of Light, after turning the final page and heaving a contented sigh, might well have wondered, well—what happened next? In Ascalon author Ellen L. Ekstrom continues the tale of George Ascalon, the unexpected Earl of … Continue reading →

Review What do we really know about the life of Jesus, other than a handful of stories about his ministry in the final year or two of his life? Nothing. The Gospels in the New Testament were written decades after … Continue reading →

Review Reading the Bible, one might be reminded of the James Brown song, “This is a Man’s World.” Fifty years ago the King of Soul sang that all the great inventions of the world, all the progress of the human … Continue reading →

Review Have you ever watched something on the big or little screen—a movie, a dramatic series, or just the daily news—and wondered why three out of every four of the females are blondes with faces that could launch a thousand … Continue reading →

Review Judah’s Wife, by Angela Hunt Biblical history often presents a challenge to the modern novelist. Do you step outside the orthodox story and humanize it with living, breathing characters who occasionally venture some opinions that might offend traditionalists? Or … Continue reading →