by Mike Parnell | Mar 28, 2006 | Opinion
In Romans 13, Paul wrote: “Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is...
by Mike Parnell | Dec 21, 2005 | Opinion
As I child, I would stay up late on Saturday nights and watch “Shock Theater.” It was a local show hosted by Paul Bearer, who screened old horror films. Yet one of those horror films was no horror at all: It was “King Kong,” which told the...
by Mike Parnell | Nov 25, 2005 | Opinion
Poor Harry Potter. In his latest adventure he faces fire-breathing dragons, an hour-long underwater swim and a maze that rises up to claim those who walk in it. And then it gets worse: He has to get a date for the Yule Ball. In “Harry Potter and the Goblet of...
by Mike Parnell | Nov 21, 2005 | Opinion
Joseph Fletcher put forth the tenets of “situational ethics,” stating that each situation dictates proper action and that love ultimately guides the process of decision. What we see in “Capote,” the new film biography of Truman Capote, is how...
by Mike Parnell | Oct 12, 2005 | Opinion
Sometimes a film presents a tremendous vision, but it comes wrapped in images that obstruct the vision for many. We see descriptions of “graphic violence” and “strong sexual content” and decide the movie isn’t for us. I struggle with...
