‘Selma’: American History, Raw And Honest
I leave movies more discouraged and sure that our world will never truly change. But Selma is different. I left this movie hopeful.
Selma is much more than Black history. It is American history. It is our history. Within all of us we understand the fight and struggle for change in order to make a better life for those who will come after us—even if that means that we won’t live to see that change. Selma is not a movie for... Continue Reading
The KKK, Selma, and Southern Christianity
Maybe the evangelicalism of the 1940s - 60s did not understand the Gospel as clearly as many believe
“I am struck with the absence of Southern evangelical resistance to the Klan. Rev. Lance Lewis, an African American Presbyterian minister asked, “How is that you simply allow the demonic use of the cross in this way while at the same time telling your children that the cross is our most precious symbol of God’s... Continue Reading
Here’s The Faith In The ‘American Sniper’ You Won’t See In The Film
Chris Kyle, often described as the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history, wrote in his autobiography that he prioritized his life in the following order: God, country, family.
As a Navy SEAL, Kyle reportedly recorded 160 kill shots during his four tours in Iraq. His story drew national attention after the release of his 2012 autobiography “American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History,” which enjoyed a 37-week run on The New York Times’ best-seller list. The Clint Eastwood-directed biopic starring Bradley... Continue Reading
The Geek’s Guide to Being One-Sided
A response to two naturalists ridiculing Christians for believing the Exodus is historical
In the latest episode of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy (a podcast that I normally enjoy because I’m a geek) two “experts” in the Bible (Robert Price and Richard Carrier) joined David Barr Kirtley to discuss the new Ridley Scott film Exodus: Gods and Kings. I was interested in what these “experts” (one of... Continue Reading
My Husband’s Not Gay
The “backlash” against this television program is a bald display of intolerance.
Why are gay activists outraged by this? Shouldn’t people have the freedom to pursue the dictates of their own consciences? Why must they be shamed and marginalized until they submit to the norms of the gay rights movement? Must every person experiencing same-sex attraction act on those attractions or be shamed? Surely this is not... Continue Reading
‘Into the Woods’ Movie – A Dad’s Critical Review
'Into the Woods' is an apologetic for nominalism ; Disney: Satan's tool to make the false beautiful.
The opposite of nominalism is realism. Realism holds that there are absolute, non-changing forms, substances, and ideas in the universe. There are natural, pre-established laws that are real and not man-made. Humans don’t get make up their own definitions. There is no “You decide what’s right. You decide what’s good.” Instead, human persons must discover the true... Continue Reading
Angelina Jolie and Louie Zamperini – A Broken Story
Jolie was given the blessing of making a movie based on a phenomenal book, about a phenomenal person, but left out the importance of an unbroken faith
It was ideologically childish, creatively irresponsible, and cinematically insulting. She broke the story of a man who couldn’t be broken, and in the transcendental truths of life found redemption. If you can’t make a movie about THAT, you shouldn’t be making movies. I have rarely looked forward to a movie release more than I... Continue Reading
The Light Will Die
Thoughts on the movie Interstellar, naturalism, and the Gospel
In an odd way I am thankful for this sense of doom that comes with watching Interstellar. It gives us an existential taste of what the alternative to the message of the Gospel is. Naturalism says, “We can cheer ourselves up for the moment if we try very hard, but darkness is coming, and at the... Continue Reading
How Movies Embraced Hinduism (without you even noticing)
From Interstellar to Batman and Star Wars the venerable religion has been the driving philosophy behind many hit movies. Why?
But before Nolan, before the Matrix, before, even, the iPad, there was Star Wars. It was the film, with its cosmic scale and theme of a transcendental “force” that confers superhuman powers on those who can align with it, which opened up mainstream American culture to Indian esotericism more than anything else. George Lucas was... Continue Reading
Missing The Point Of The Book Of Exodus
The movie's makers may have read the Biblical story, but understood little of its theology
“The problem is the way the relationship between Moses and the God of Israel is presented. In the Biblical telling, Moses, like many of the other heroes of Israel, was compelled to pass through a long period of testing and purification in order to prepare himself to receive the divine word. Only when he had... Continue Reading
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