Kill Bill Vol. 2 and The Punisher indulge audience appetites for violence, while Connie and Carla "validate" homosexual behavior. Plus more reviews of Hellboy, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the Matrix trilogy, and The Gospel of John.

Critics punish The Girl Next Door, but some will remember The Alamo. Ella Enchanted fails to enchant, The Whole Ten Yards doesn't measure up, and Johnson Family Vacation gets lost. Plus: Good Bye Lenin! And more reviews of Dogville and Home on the Range.

How Christian critics saw The Ladykillers, Jersey Girl, Dogville, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Dawn of the Dead, and Taking Lives.

Flickerings 2004: An ambitious dialogue about provocative film

Critics review Hellboy, The Prince & Me, Home on the Range, and Walking Tall—;and can't get excited about any of them. Elsewhere, a movie about Mormons has style but lacks grace. Plus: More on Dogville and The Ladykillers.

A one-hour TV documentary tells the stories of those dramatically affected by Mel Gibson's movie—including one person who confessed to murder.

Bill Gaither has succeeded in putting together an event that increases Christ through the performers' diminishment.

Talking about the real Jesus is a dangerous thing.

Jewish and Christian celebrations this week aren't just springtime rituals.

Time does the atonement, Newsweek looks at pastors' porn, and The New Yorker breaks the bone box.

Confessions of a wordsmith.

A full review of ABC's Jesus and Paul: The Word and the Witness

How even the worship of God can be idolatrous.

Plus: Remembering Rwanda, Kerry fights back on religion, doctors testify about abortion pain, and many other stories from online sources around the world.

The Senate has passed on another chance to safeguard equal opportunity.

Plus: Easter, Australia rejects Christian asylum from Iran, gay marriage in the church, and more articles from online sources around the world.

And why the Eastern Orthodox Easter can differ from the Western by weeks.

Why John Kerry probably won't be denied any time soon.

The story of the 1977 blackout in New York—the occasion of widespread looting and destruction—has some surprisingly timely lessons for America in 2004.

Plus: An after-Easter deluge of religion articles, including coverage of attacks on an Indonesia church, Iraq hostages, the Shroud of Turin, and the hope of Easter.

The author of Sacred Thirst says modern life is nomadic, and we are all searching for a home we can't find on earth.

Plus: Remembering the sack of Constantinople, criminal evangelistic strategies, Heather Mercer heads to Iraq, The Passion soundtrack goes gold, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: Three more Lutheran congregations appoint homosexual clergy, world's oldest worker retires, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: African Anglicans reject U.S. funds, no news is much news for Kerry's meeting with the cardinal, American missionaries shot in Guatemala and other stories (not all of them about homosexuality, we promise) from online sources around the world.

The threat of gay marriage challenges Christians to defend older, better definitions of marriage. But what are those definitions, and how did they develop?

Plus: Terror at a Pittsburgh church, England's gay priest gets a top position, and other stories from online sources around the world

A novel set in the world of Orthodox Judaism.

Recent discoveries in space can be cause for praise.

Get Up Off Your Knees preaches U2 from Boy to All that You Can't Leave Behind.

Plus: Archbishop of Canterbury calls for politicians to admit error or miscalculation on Iraq.

Plus: The new Gospel Music Channel, Iraq military chaplains, 11 suspects go to trial in Indonesia for attacks on Christians, and more articles from online sources around the world.

Plus: Former Archbishop of Canterbury says Anglican Communion in danger, Pope says to ban pro-abortion politicians from communion, mouse gives virgin birth, and other stories from online sources around the world.

How a struggling soul built a bridge to Christ for those caught in the world's snares.

Jeff Sheler returns to his old magazine, and Nicholas Kristof returns to old subject matter.

Plus: Toledo priest accused of killing nun, Britain's new religious education guidelines, looking for Noah's ark, and other stories from online sources around the world.

After 25 years, The Pursuit of Holiness is a classic.

Plus: Students suspended for T-shirts opposing homosexuality, the Supreme Court's controversial rejection of the VMI prayer case, debunking The DaVinci Code and Hitler's Pope, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: Attacks on churches in Indonesia, Muslim violence in Thailand, more Sharia in Nigeria, PBS investigates Bush's faith, and more articles from online sources around the world.

Plus: Combating anti-Semitism in Europe, sharia law in Canada

Thousands want Mel to make his next movie about a famous medieval friar.

A dispatch from Calvin College's biennial event.

Bill Gaither insists it's not about him. And nobody seems to disagree.