MR - His Only Son

Not bad. Overall the story of Abram/Abraham and Sarai/Sarah was well acted. If you come to the movie with a strong understanding of the biblical narrative, this movie can paint a humanized portrait of what might otherwise be far-off and iconic biblical characters. However, if this is the first time you are encountering the story of Abraham and Isaac, you should know that the producers added some extra-biblical story elements, many of which I found distracting. The portrayal of Sarah/Sarai by...

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BR - Letter to the American Church by Eric Metaxas

This book is poignant, challenging, convicting, and sometimes downright uncomfortable.Metaxas draws parallels between the current state of the American church and the German church of the 1930s. Drawing heavily on the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, he shows that it was mainly because the church remained silent when they should have spoken up that allowed the rise of Hitler. He dives into some church history to show that perhaps the German church, the Lutheran church, had some reasons why she was...

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