New Noah Movie, Love for Boring Men, N. Korean Massacre, Marriage Isn't for You, Eyes and Knees on the Middle East

Don't Be Taken in by the Noah Movie's Promotion
I'm not sure how accurate his sources are on this and, like he said, how much will make the final cut. However, this depiction of Noah seems flooded with inaccuracies typical of a Hollywood which claims to use biblical scholars yet cannot seem to get right what your grade schooler knows from Sunday School.
See my earlier thoughts on The Bible:  a History Channel Series 

The Real Truth about ‘Boring’ Men — and the Women who Live with Them: Redefining Boring
The kind of man whose romance isn’t flashy – because love is gritty.
The kind of man whose romance isn’t about cameras — because it’s about Christ.
The kind of man whose romance doesn’t have to go viral — because it’s going eternal.

80 People Executed in N. Korea
Some were executed for possessing a Bible. The condemned were lashed to poles, hooded, then sprayed with machine-gun fire, JoongAng Ilbo quoted its source, who reportedly is familiar with North Korean internal affairs and recently returned from the country.


 Reflections on the Loss of Our Daughter 
Fred Zaspel is a systematic theology professor and pastor in Pennsylvania


Marriage Isn't for You by Seth Adam Smith
My father’s advice was both shocking and revelatory. It went against the grain of today’s “Walmart philosophy”, which is if it doesn’t make you happy, you can take it back and get a new one. -- Seth Adam Smith

Seth Adam Smith and His Wife Kim in an Interview on Fox News

Eyes and Knees on the Middle East (Watch and pray)


Saudis would allow Israel use of air space and provide drones, rescue helicopters and tanker planes, report says.


Lebanon blasts hit Iran's embassy in Beirut
BBC News

At least 22 people have been killed and more than 140 injured in a double suicide bombing outside the Iranian embassy in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

The Iranian cultural attache, Sheikh Ibrahim Ansari, is among the dead, according to the Fars news agency.

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