Episodes

By Steve on January 6, 2013

I wanted to share a great video I saw on CNN yesterday. Christians, particularly young people, raising awareness and making a stand against the the blight of slavery which still runs rampant across the globe….

Books / God's Kingdom / Great Britain

N.T. Wright & How God Became King

By Steve on January 5, 2013

Followers of Beyond the Pale know that the theme of the Kingdom of God has been resonating in my heart this last year. In fact its probably the driving force behind my re-launching the blog…

Grace of God

“Does God Really Not Like Me?”

By Steve on January 3, 2013

Just before the Christmas holiday I wrote a piece on Christ as “God with us”. I’ve been mulling that idea over in my mind through endless renditions of Silent Night and Hark the Herald Angels…

Books

My Year End Book Reviews: 2012

By Steve on December 31, 2012

Last year I did a year end book review and as I look at it I realize how much my reading tastes has changed in a year’s time. In 2011 not a single “Christian” book…

Les Miserables: A Story and A Review

By Steve on December 28, 2012

Tragedy…Sacrifice…Redemption…Grace. I don’t think there is a story told that embodies the human condition nor reflects its salvation more than Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables; and Tom Hooper’s theatrical release of the Schonberg-Boublil musical more than…

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James Dobson, Fear, & The Shooting in Connecticut

By Steve on December 27, 2012

About 10 years ago a Christian friend gave me a CD with a teaching by James Dobson on it. Dobson at the time was rallying Christians to support a judge who refused to remove a…

A Hong Kong Christmas Story

By Steve on December 24, 2012

For the last month my department at school has been working on a film to be the “main event” at the yearly Christmas assembly held on the last day before the holiday break. While I…

Christmas / Movie Review

My Christmas Movie Classics!!

By Steve on December 20, 2012

Its that holiday time of year again! After a long day’s work I enjoy nothing more than turning on the Christmas tree lights and kicking back on the couch to watch a Christmas movie with…

God's Kingdom / Space Program

Apollo 8 Reminds Us that God Says the Earth is Good!

By Steve on December 19, 2012

In December of 1968, the crew of the American spacecraft Apollo 8 became the first human beings to travel to and orbit the moon.Today we have grown used to seeing views of the earth from…

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When Tragedy Strikes!

By Steve on December 16, 2012

20 children and 6 adults shot dead at an elementary school! A tragic event that Americans are seeing happen with uncomfortable frequency. And now the collective question rises up from the nation… WHY? Asking “why?”…