Tag: christianperspective
Book Review: The Opposite Life by Alex Seeley
1 February 2020
The new book from the Aussie expat challenges us to practically embrace Kingdom living.... Read more
Movie Review: The God Who Speaks
25 January 2020
A documentary about the history and relevance of the Bible.... Read more
Book Review: Inside Out - A Cross Cultural Perspective on Holiness by Daniel Templeman Twells
24 January 2020
Captain Templeman Twells articulates why holiness and culture go hand-in-hand.... Read more
Book review: Coming Home: discipleship, ecology and everyday economics
21 January 2020
A conversation where all are welcomed.... Read more
Podcast Review: The Do Gooders Podcast
17 January 2020
The new podcast from the US Salvation Army Caring Magazine.... Read more
Book Review: A Hero for Miss Hatherleigh by Carolyn Miller
13 January 2020
A Christian take on Regency-era romance.... Read more
Book Review: Deep Time Dreaming - Uncovering Ancient Australia by Dr Billy Griffiths
11 January 2020
This book shows how we can work together to bring healing in this land.... Read more
Book Review: Detention by Tristan Bancks
4 January 2020
Simple yet powerful, this novel explores what it means to treat another human with dignity.... Read more
Book Review: Grace in Strange Disguise by Christine Dillon
31 December 2019
A breath of fresh air within the Christian fiction market.... Read more
Movie review: Christmas Manger
21 December 2019
This new film from Pure Flix addresses themes of homelessness and domestic abuse with compassion, re... Read more
Book review: The Camera Never Lies by David Rawlings
3 December 2019
David Rawlings explores the the notion of truth in his latest offering.... Read more
Book Review: #METOO: Stories from the Australian Movement
30 November 2019
Not an easy read, but a necessary one.... Read more
Movie review: The Report
26 November 2019
The truth, whether public or personal, always comes out.... Read more
Book review: Can Science Explain Everything?, by John Lennox
2 November 2019
A mathematician and lover of logic explores why science actually supports faith in God.... Read more
Book review: In God They Trust by Roy Williams
16 September 2019
An enlightening glimpse into the souls of our past leaders.... Read more
TV series review: Stranger Things Season 3
17 August 2019
The quirky, quasi-science fiction tale about weird things happening in small-town America.... Read more
Book review: Having Faith by Nicole Zoch
3 August 2019
One woman's nine-year faith journey from infertility to motherhood.... Read more
Music review: PEOPLE by Hillsong UNITED
13 July 2019
An album founded on the experience of loving others as Christ first loved us... Read more
Book review: Hanging in there by John Dickson
13 July 2019
A book that deals with teen issues that feels less school principal, and more like cool youth leader... Read more
Book review: Under Two Flags
10 July 2019
An intelligent and insightful history of The Salvation Army at war.... Read more
Why we love to play the Game of Thrones
15 June 2019
What impact has this epic TV series had on a society desperately searching for meaning in a world ... Read more
Movie review: Red Joan
8 June 2019
The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest-serving British spy.... Read more
Movie review: Missing Link
13 April 2019
A warm-hearted comedy that dabbles with the theory of natural selection.... Read more
Movie review: Sometimes, Always, Never
13 March 2019
This month, a film release will seek to put Jesus’ famous story of exceptional mercy back on front... Read more
Music review: Outside the Inside by David Willersdorf
2 March 2019
An intrinsically personal call to confront our own pain and experience the grace of God, so we may s... Read more
Movie review: Bodyguard
23 February 2019
Bodyguard is a sign of the times we live in, where trust is something we no longer associate with th... Read more
Movie review: The Hate U Give
16 February 2019
A young heroine learns the painful truth that the hate we visit on others has a way of rebounding on... Read more
TV series review: Bodyguard
2 February 2019
After helping thwart a terrorist attack, a war veteran is assigned to protect a politician who was a... Read more
Music review – Native Tongue by Switchfoot
1 February 2019
Driving electric guitar hooks and lead singer Jon Foreman's gravelly tones provide the backdrop for ... Read more
God's story in summer blockbusters
11 January 2019
Look closely and you'll see spiritual messages in the latest movies.... Read more
Upstream - Waco
15 December 2018
A confronting drama about David Koresh, a self-appointed prophet of God.... Read more
60 Second Verdict:Â Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
24 November 2018
The arch-evil wizard Grindelwald is on the loose again, and pursuing a plan to put the world’s mug... Read more
Upstream: Bodyguard
13 November 2018
This British TV drama showcases what they do best - honest-to-goodness suspense.... Read more
Movie review: An interview with God
8 November 2018
A rising journalist accepts an offer to interview a man who claims to be God.... Read more
Movie review: Beautiful Boy
1 November 2018
Steve Carell delivers an Oscar-worthy performance as the father who becomes steadily aware that his ... Read more
60 Second Verdict:Â Night School
9 October 2018
A predictable movie with jokes and characters you’ve seen countless times before.... Read more
Upstream: Kidding
9 October 2018
Can you be too good? Jim Carey's new comedy drama invites the question.... Read more
60 Second Verdict: Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot
6 October 2018
God's truth has a way of surfacing where you least expect it.... Read more
Upstream: Maniac
2 October 2018
A clever, retro-styled series concerned with the problem of pain.... Read more
Movie review: The House with the clock in it's walls
29 September 2018
While pitched as a family movie, parents should be alert for the more subtle messages it conveys.... Read more
60 Second Verdict: The House With The Clock In Its Walls
29 September 2018
A creative storyline that’s backed by all the special effects and star-power you would expect from... Read more
Upstream: The Hollow and Final Space
6 August 2018
Finally, adult cartoons on Netflix that aren’t 'adult' because of their language or their sexual c... Read more
60 Second Verdict: The Breaker Upperers
4 August 2018
Breaking up couples for money - what can go wrong?... Read more
60 Second Verdict: Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again
28 July 2018
The Mamma Mia sequel continues to please musically but offers an erratic and morally questionable pl... Read more
60 Second Verdict: Mary Shelley
21 July 2018
Fanciful biopic about the 18-year-old woman who wrote one of modern literature's masterpieces - Fran... Read more
60 Second Verdict: Ant-Man and The Wasp
14 July 2018
Scott Lang (alias ‘Ant-Man') has spent three years under house arrest. Now, on the eve of his releas... Read more
Upstream: Derren Brown - Miracle
10 July 2018
Renowned illusionist and mentalist Derren Brown claims he can persuade and fool anyone.... Read more
60 Second Verdict: Hereditary
16 June 2018
Toni Collette plays Annie whose desire to connect with her dead mother leads her family into a dark,... Read more
Upstream: Condor
13 June 2018
Stan's hottest new release, is a 21st century rethink of the classic spy thriller, Three Days of the... Read more
60 Second Verdict: Breath
12 May 2018
Based on the novel by Tim Winton, this film is a real touchstone for the male struggle to mature in ... Read more
Upstream: Lost in Space
8 May 2018
Super scientists in search of paradise among the stars.... Read more
60 Second Verdict: Avengers: Infinity War
5 May 2018
The culmination of a decade of Marvel films makes this the ultimate action movie...with a few surpri... Read more
Upstream: The Handmaid's Tale - Season 2
1 May 2018
Delving deeper into the dystopian world where apathy and fear has paved the way for female exploitat... Read more
60 Second Verdict: Isle of Dogs
28 April 2018
In a near-future Japanese metropolis, dogs are banished to a trash island.... Read more
Upstream: I, Zombie
11 April 2018
TV series iZombie has an unexpected lesson for audiences.... Read more
60 Second Verdict: Paul the Apostle
7 April 2018
Paul, Apostle of Christ is best suited to Christian viewers who want to be immersed in what it might... Read more
Upstream: Safe Harbour
4 April 2018
A powerful drama about a group of friends who cross paths with a fishing boat overloaded with asylum... Read more
Upstream: Collateral
31 March 2018
It might sound like another run-of-the-mill police drama but the BBC's Collateral is set to be a ben... Read more
60 Second Verdict: Ready Player One
24 March 2018
In a world where we're escaping online, Ready Player One reminds us we have to be honest about ourse... Read more
Upstream: Looming Tower
21 March 2018
This TV series takes a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently m... Read more
60 Second Verdict: Black Panther
24 February 2018
Mark Hadley says Black Panther is a fantastic thinking addition to the Marvel universe. ... Read more
Upstream: Altered Carbon
21 February 2018
Upstream: Altered Carbon More than 300 years in the future when death is no longer permanent the p... Read more
60 Second Verdict: Ladybird
17 February 2018
Watch Mark Hadley's Christian perspective on quirky indie film Ladybird.... Read more
Upstream - Last Chance U
12 February 2018
The most notable streaming TV releases coming to your box for the week beginning February 12. Especi... Read more
Music review: Freedom Child by The Script
27 January 2018
The Script move in a new direction with their latest album.... Read more