What would happen if the immortal detectives, Sherlock Holmes and Father Brown met with a brutal murder to solve?

This is the fascinating question posed by Rev. Stephen Kendrick's 2001 Book, Night Watch. The plot of the story is that Sherlock's Holmes' brother, Mycroft, the British's government's most indispensible man as Sherlock Holmes described him, calls his younger brother...read more

Last night, Andrea and i watched, "Come What May" a film released this year by Patrick Henry College.

The film follows Caleb, a nineteen year old college student as he struggles with issues of right and wrong in his quest to win the National Moot Court Championship.

I have to say that Caleb comes from a beautifully geeky family, which argues modern political issues by writing Latin...read more

For the past three years, my church has hosted a video simulcast of "The Leadership Summit" from the Willow Creek Association. I've not attended in years past because I don't have an actual leadership title or position. However, I'm applying to move up into a role with a bit more leadership responsibility, so I thought it would be worthwhile.

I don't know how much the...read more

I saw an irritating headline over at Pajamas Media, "Does Michael Vick Deserve a Second Chance?" Without even reading the column, let me answer the question, "No." Michael Vick doesn't deserve a second chance, neither do you, neither do I.

Giving someone a second chance is an act of grace. Yet, we use the language of entitlement to describe an act of grace. Grace, by its...read more

At the end of May, I wrote a post on what's wrong with Christian films, and noted there are many examples of good films and promised to write more in the future. Well, the future has arrived. In coming weeks, I hope to talk about someof myfavorite Independent Christian films, and I'll start out with perhaps the most successful Independent Christian Filmmakers: The Kendrick Brothers.

The...read more

Well, folks, it's been fun, but, apparently, I have to pack up. You see, I'm identified as part of the religious right. (or as I once wasreferred to, "The Rite Wing.") And now orders have come down from on high, the Religious Right is over, for thus declareth Dennis Mansfield:

Nineteen years ago, I helped open the Idaho "franchise" of the Religious Right. I don't think I was the father of the movement, but I may have been the "godfather..."

Others in Idaho became in charge of the Religious Right and seemed to enjoy that fact. And, as it turned out, it lasted for a short season, as the lights flickered.

Now, with Rev. Bryan Fischer's recent exit, no one is in charge.

Since I've held a unique position from the start, maybe it's my job to turn out the lights, at the end.

There...read more

I was actually at the God and Country Festival in Nampa among the record 12,000 person crowd when I heard that the Pentagon had denied the request for the God and Country Festival to have a military flyover because of the nature of the event and the inclusion of God in the festival and presence of Christian ministries at the event.

Predictably, many on the left are proclaiming this as a decision...read more