Category Archives: Reviews

Uncommon Marriage: One Faithful Couple (Book Review)

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

It seems appropriate, on Valentine’s Day, to post a review on an amazing couple who are “learning about lasting love and overcoming life’s obstacles together.” Sure, as a pastor, I’ve read my fair share of books on “love and marriage,” … Continue reading →

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Inevitable Defeat Of Mister & Pete: More Than Survival Mode (Movie Review)

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Every once and awhile, there’s a film that you’ve never heard of that blows you away. The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete is one of those films. Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright, Anthony Mackie, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Jordin Sparks headline this Lionsgate drama … Continue reading →

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Red Rising: Bloodydamn Epic Mars (Book Review)

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

“Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow.” That’s thriller author Scott Sigler’s recommendation on the front cover of newcomer Pierce Brown’s debut novel, Red Rising, that chronicles lowbred Red miner Darrow’s improbable infiltration of the Gold hierarchy on the planet Mars. It’s heady … Continue reading →

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Grace Unplugged: The Prodigal Way (Movie Review)

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

AJ Michalka is a Christian musician in her own right, but in Grace Unplugged, she plays a young lady who longs to transition from church worship musician to full-time superstar. Grace longs to be respected and accepted by her rockstar-turned-worship leader … Continue reading →

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Strangers At My Door: Radical Hospitality (Book Review)

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Jonathan and Leah Wilson-Hartgrave have taken hospitality to a whole new level. Founding Rutba House, they have ingrained themselves in Walltown, a Durham, NC, neighborhood, where they take in homeless men and women so that they can land safely and … Continue reading →

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Flesh: Why Does The Incarnation Matter? (Book Review)

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Hugh Halter’s Flesh: Bringing the Incarnation Down to Earth does just that: it grounds our high, holy ideas about why Jesus was “God with skin on” in the life and ministry of the Denver pastor. Like a good teacher, Halter lays … Continue reading →

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True Detective Eps. 3-4: What Makes You Authentic? (TV Review)

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Scooping up HBO’s True Detective (episodes 3 and 4), I’m struck by the discrepancies between Matthew McConaughey’s Rusty Cohle and Woody Harrelson’s Martin Hart, both detectives in the dirty Louisiana bayou but every different. Sure, they’re linked by the two-part display … Continue reading →

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True Detective Eps. 1-2: If Faulkner Had Done Criminal Procedures (TV Review)

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

HBO’s latest miniseries isn’t set in some medieval realm of fantasy and fire, but instead, the world of the dirty Louisiana bayous. Detectives “Rust” Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson) tackled a ritualistic serial killer in 1996, and … Continue reading →

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The Avengers- The Community Is Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts (Movie Review)

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Jacob Sahms

I’m still a DC guy, and I’m holding out for The Dark Knight Rises. That said, this might be the best Marvel film made yet (touching out Captain America: First Avenger and X-Men: First Class). You’ve heard about the assembly … Continue reading →

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Pirates of the Caribbean- At World’s End: All Plot, No Soul (Movie Review)

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Jacob Sahms

As far as trilogies go, Pirates of the Caribbean started out strong, but finished with a whimper. The promise of Curse of the Black Pearl shouldn’t be ignored, with great characterizations provided by Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush, but in … Continue reading →

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