Response to "Creation Regained"
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A worldview is a life perspective that everyone has, and it influences the choices we make on a subconscious level. It tells us right and wrong, good and bad. It’s a roadmap for our life that we trust more than anything.
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Response to "Sinatra"
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Gay Talese displayed one of the most persistent journalistic attitudes in writing a story about Frank Sinatra for Esquire magazine without even interviewing Sinatra. After Sinatra refused an interview, Talese looked to options A, B and C to complete the story, interviewing Sinatra’s companions until he had enough to print the story.
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Review of "Heart of Evangelism" by Jerram Barrs
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — My God-given passion is to become the best sports writer in America. But many times I get the feeling that’s not enough for the church. The church places a premium on pastors and missionaries, but many times ignores the importance of other professions.
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Response to "We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will be Killed"
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — “We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families” is a devastating account of Rwanda’s genocide in the 1990s. Philip Gourevitch writes with a graphic, yet calm style, almost like he is still in shock years after the fact when he wrote the book.
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