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Since Gothard's impact is just starting to be felt in liberal churches, most criticisms till now have been raised by Evangelicals. Wheaton Bible Professor Alan Johnson protests that Gothard's docile acceptance of life "takes the sting out of evil and even transforms it into a good." Johnson's colleague Gordon Fee thinks that Gothard's approach to Bible interpretation is simpleminded. "You cannot just stamp the 1st century culture onto the 20th century and say it is the divine order," says...
WRETCHED EXCESS (1): Costumer Edith Head's eighth Oscar for The Sting, for remembering how people dressed back when she began her career...
NOSE JOB OF THE YEAR: Sting Screenwriter David Ward thumbing his in the con man's recognition signal featured in his script. Obviously he understood the true worth of his work better than the majority of the voters...
...cautiously balanced set of Oscars that were handed out last week. The Sting sweep (best picture, best director, best original screenplay, four minor prizes) could have surprised only those who cling to the fantasy that Hollywood's Academicians enjoy rewarding controversy (The Exorcist), truth telling (Cries and Whispers, American Graffiti) or success that is merely modest (A Touch of Class). The best-actor and best-actress choices-Jack Lemmon and Glenda Jackson-were also safe and sane. He is a popular local boy; she is a remote great lady winning her second Oscar in three years. Youth...
...adaptive scoring of The Sting; the best song from, and the original dramatic scoring of The Way We Were...