Actor George Clooney playing a rather confused Roman Centurion in Hail Caesar! The writer of Ecclesiastes observed, “Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.” (12:12, NIV) I will not attempt to comment on the second half of this statement, but the first part is certainly true. We live in a time when the production of all types of media grows exponentially—books, journals, films, plays, blogs, and many things unimagined in the day of the Hebrew writer. How are we to deal with all this information? I find myself becoming more dependent on referrals from friends and reviews by people I trust. Some of these writers come from a faith perspective and others do not. As I read the work of reviewers who are Christ followers, two perspectives usually emerge. On one hand, there is the writer who hungrily seeks to find a word of witness in a film, a TV show, or a book. On the other hand, there are those writ...
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