Media Reviews

Commentary by ELCA Communication Services staff and networks on films and books

 
The Cleaner (A&E TV series, 2009)
Review of A&E's "The Cleaner" by the Rev. Ray Branstiter, ELCA pastor and director of Lost and Found Ministry, Moorhead, Minnesota

The Golden Compass (movie, 2007)
Review of "The Golden Compass" by the Rev. Charles Austin, ELCA pastor and news reporter

The Ten Commandments (animated movie, 2007)
Review of "The Ten Commandments" by John R. Brooks – ELCA Communication Services

The Da Vinci Code (book, 2003; movie, 2006)
ELCA Seminary Professors, Film Reviewer Comment on "The Da Vinci Code" by John R. Brooks – ELCA Communication Services

United 93 (movie, 2006)
Reflection on "United 93" by John R. Brooks – ELCA Communication Services

The Passion of the Christ (movie, 2004)
Four Perspectives from the Journal of Lutheran Ethics

Luther: Rebel, Genius, Liberator (movie, 2003)
"Martin at the Multiplex" from The Lutheran magazine
Martin Luther: A Life a book written by Dr. James Nestingen to accompany the movie

Left Behind (books and movies, late 1900s and early 2000s)
The End of the World is Near...Or is it? an interview with Barbara Rossing on the Grace Matters radio program, June 2006
The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation by Professor Barbara Rossing