News comes in on "the most spiritual film of all time," the Best of 2003, and The Passion of The Christ. A pregnant teen is persecuted by gay-hating evangelical Christians in Saved! Religious press critics review The Big Bounce and The Perfect Score, and You Got Served, examine new DVD releases, consider nudity in Calendar Girls, argue over The Butterfly Effect, and highlight themes in Oscar-nominated films.

The author of The Battle for Middle-Earth examines the missing theology of the cinematic blockbuster.

What moviegoers had to say after watching The Passion of The Christ.

Clergy reactions to The Passion of The Christ.

Lethal Suffering: The Passion

Why I asked the Anti-Defamation League to give Mel Gibson a break.

Mel Gibson talks about The Passion of The Christ.

Why evangelicals are cheering a movie with profoundly Catholic sensibilities.

Christianity Today Movies did not review this film, but here's what other critics are saying ...

A rock musical for a new generation tells the gospel in MTV language—for better or for worse.

A converted felon in Colombia reflects on life in the guerrilla ranks.

Plus: Will revived attention and mammoth gift strain Salvation Army's Christian commitments?

A young minister works to prevent guerrilla kidnappings.

Fate, free will, and moral responsibility in Tolkien.

The terrorist group has many misconceptions about Colombian Christians.

A young minister works to prevent guerrilla kidnappings.

Plus: Blunting Gibson's Passion, heresy vs. schism, and other stories from online sources around the world.

The co-author of A Matrix of Meanings talks about spirituality on screen.

Plus: Passion ad refused as Gibson reportedly drops his blood be upon us line, more on banning evolution in Georgia, Catholic school's experiments on aborted fetuses, and other stories from online source around the world.

News comes in on the most spiritual film of all time, the Best of 2003, and The Passion of the Christ. A pregnant teen is persecuted by gay-hating evangelical Christians in Saved! Religious press critics review The Big Bounce and The Perfect Score, and You Got Served, examine new DVD releases, consider nudity in Calendar Girls, argue over The Butterfly Effect, and highlight themes in Oscar-nominated films.

Plus: School suspends girl for telling classmate consequences of sin, and many other stories from online sources around the world.

Also: 60 Minutes' apparent cluelessness on evangelicals. Did Kurt Warner fumble comments on faith vs. football? And other stories from online sources around the world.

Where did this tuba-playing, kettle-wielding social force come from, and what's it all about?

As his wife suffered with Alzheimer's, Robertson McQuilkin said, If I took care of her for 40 years, I would never be out of her debt.

Despite the toll of his wife's Alzheimer's, a husband marvels at the mystery of love.

Plus: Another challenge, but a silent one, to the traditional definition of marriage.

Former Nixon aide John Dean attempts to rehabilitate the reputation of Warren G. Harding.

Why do kids relate so well to hip-hop artists Eminem or Tupac? And what can a preacher learn from these modern-day prophets?

Plus: Far too many stories on Passion, along with some on crime (but none on crimes of passion).

France's peculiar aversion to public religiosity is rooted in a sordid history of sectarian violence.

Christian press critics raise questions about The Passion of the Christ, while a popular mainstream critic defends the Catholic Church. Reviewers also examine Miracle, Barbershop 2, Catch That Kid, The Dreamers, You Got Served, and Lost in Translation.

Plus: Links to a record-breaking 429 religion stories on gay marriage in Massachusetts, San Francisco, and the Church of England, a Ten Commandments resurgence, The Passion of The Christ, and even a few topics Weblog hasn't beat to death already.

France's peculiar aversion to public religiosity is rooted in a sordid history of sectarian violence.

American religious group ambushed as Al Qaeda reportedly tries to ignite intra-Muslim fighting.

How the fate of Eugene McCarthy's insurgency against LBJ sheds light on the 2004 presidential campaign.

Also: Evangelical church bombed in Thessaloniki, Americans believe the Bible, FDA delays morning-after pill decision, and other stories

At least 50 detained in fresh crackdown on house churches, reportedly promoted by new video and book releases.

A veteran journalist makes vivid the hidden and expanding world of Chinese Christianity

David Aikman, author of Jesus in Beijing, says in 20 years Christians could have a major impact on China, and that could change the world.

Plus: Southern Baptist exec committee votes to leave world alliance, more on the Baptist minister killed in Iraq, troubles for the Federal Marriage Amendment, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Institutionalizing homosexual marriage would be bad for marriage, bad for children, and bad for society.

Plus: Was Christian network stiffed in station bid? The James Ossuary is back in the news, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Moviegoers must wait a few more days for The Passion of the Christ, but the reviews are already coming in. Plus: Mel Gibson talks to PrimeTime, and the Passion debates continue. Meanwhile, Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore have 50 First Dates, and one Christian film critic wonders why viewers are ignoring Peter Pan.

Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ gives Christians the chance to disavow a shameful history of anti-Semitism.

Plus: Teen pregnancy and abortion rates drop, Roe case goes forward, the Amish in winter, and many other stories from online sources around the world.

A scientist affirms his faith.

The Weekly Standard examines Bush's Golden Rule

Troubling spite in the debate over The Passion shows that the church needs to take anti-Semitism more seriously.

Plus: Are gays going back into the closet? And many other articles on gay marriage and related topics.

Contemplation on our own sinfulness before a deluge of news articles.

Plus: Didja hear Mel Gibson made a movie about Jesus? And many, many other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: John Kerry endorses amendment against gay marriage, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Boris Trajkovski promoted peace in a country divided by Orthodox Christian and Muslim distrust.

Plus: Missionaries flee Haiti, missionary murdered in Mozambique, battle for Baylor continues, clergy abuse report released, and many other stories from online sources around the world.

The author of The Battle for Middle-Earth examines the missing theology of the cinematic blockbuster.

Mel Gibson's movie raises again the question: How much can we know historically about Jesus' life and times?