The Unintended Reformation: Chapter 4–“Subjectivizing Morality” (Part 7)
We now continue with our walk through of The Unintended Reformation by Brad Gregory. In this post, I’m going to take a look at chapter 4, “Subjectivizing Morali...
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Answers in Genesis Reviews “God’s Not Dead 2”–Welcome to Bizarro World (Spoiler Alert: AiG Doesn’t Think We Should Emphasize the Historical Jesus)
Today I’m taking a break from my summary/analysis of The Unintended Reformation by Brad Gregory, in order to share the movie review of “God’s Not Dead 2” by th...
God’s Not Dead 2, Pat Boone, and the Fall Out from SNL’s Parody Skit, “God’s A Boob Man”
Last weekend on Saturday Night Live, there was a skit that was a parody of the movie God’s Not Dead 2. What was shown was a mock “trailer” of a fictional movie ...
Movie Review: God’s Not Dead 2 (Part 2–You know you want to find out my opinion of it!)
Brief Note: My apologies for the length (3500 words). I was debating whether or not to split it up into two posts, but in this case, I think one large post is b...
God’s Not Dead 2: A Movie Review and Analysis (Part 1)
Yesterday, I decided to see God’s Not Dead 2, with the expressed purpose of writing a blog post on it. Now, even though I grew up in the Evangelicalism of Wheat...
Ken Ham vs. Michael Gungor: Round 2
A few days ago I received a comment regarding my original post on Ken Ham’s attack on Christian singer Michael Gungor. I promised this person I’d share my thoug...
Biblical Intertextuality (Part 8): Jonah and A.I.
The final movie I want to discuss is the science-fiction film A.I. It is unique in that although it contains much of the same imagery and symbolism f...
Biblical Intertextuality (Part 7): Jonah, Pinocchio, and a New Creation
One of the things I loved to do when I covered Jonah in my 9th grade Old Testament class was show my class the movie Pinocchio by Roberto Benigni. I wouldn’t sh...
Biblical Intertextuality (Part 6): Five Biblical Themes in “The Matrix”
Given the basic plot of The Matrix, there are five essential biblical themes, one of which is a “Jonah theme,” that are essential to furthering the plot. The ot...
Biblical Intertextuality (Part 5): Jonah and The Matrix (along with a few other biblical themes)
As hard as it is to believe, The Matrix is 16 years old. As I sat in the movie theater, watching The Matrix for the first time, I had two distinct impressions. ...