Movieology: What is a Biblical View of Fantasy Movies? (Part 2)

Filed under Movieology, Video / Audio by on July 28, 2011 at 9:09 am {3 comments}
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Fiction was ambling along on his way to the movies, when Well-meaning Christian stepped out of the woods with a Condemnation Machine. Fiction was very afraid, but thankfully had a copy of the Bible in his back pocket. After reading some parables and poetic images in his defense, he felt safe from harm, until Well-meaning Christian pulled out a subtlety adapter +1 and attached it to his condemnation machine. Well-meaning Christian pointed the newly accessorized weapon at Fiction’s cousin, Fantasy. Well-meaning Christian would take no excuses from Fiction. He wanted Fantasy to speak for himself. When we left, Fantasy was poised to give a reason for his existence, but then the narrator abruptly concluded the episode, leaving Fantasy in a pitiable whirlpool of anxiety… Until now!

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Movieology: What is a Biblical View of Fantasy Movies? (Part 1)

Filed under Apologetics, Christian Worldview, Culture, Movieology, Movies, Video / Audio by on July 26, 2011 at 7:22 pm {3 comments}
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Is the fantasy genre really all that fantastic? Is it the worthy product of the imagination or the rotten fruit of vain speculation? Religious viewers of fictional stories often debate whether fantasy stories are safe entertainment or dangerous, subtle subversion of their essential values. Is there a place for magical, fantastical stories from other worlds necessitating deviations on real-world principles? Michael Minkoff exposes fact from fiction in today’s Movieology!

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The Private-Zoo Factor

Filed under Articles, Culture, Ethics by on July 28, 2009 at 12:00 am {no comments}

There are numerous Christians who believe that a personal, private faith is all the gospel requires. Os Guinness described this as “The Private-Zoo Factor,”[1] a religion that is caged so that it loses its wildness. When true Christianity is applied to any part of the world, it blossoms far more fully and colorfully than any other worldview. Contrary successful worldviews must borrow from the Christian worldview in order for them to work. When pagans stopped believing that they lived in “an enchanted forest” and that “glens and groves, rocks and streams are alive with spirits, sprites, demons” and “nature teems with sun gods, river goddesses, [and] astral deities,”[2] at that moment the world and everything in it changed. Everything seemed possible within the boundaries of God’s Providence and law. A Christian worldview made science possible and civil government ministerial rather than messianic. Stanley Jaki, the author of numerous books on the relationship between Christianity and science, comments . . .

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A Praise and a Terror

Filed under Articles, Ethics, Government, Law by on July 16, 2009 at 12:00 am {no comments}

My wife and I have spent the last three days – along with a thousand of our closest friends – attending the Reformation 500 Celebration in Boston, Massachusetts. A recurring theme at this conference has been the proper relationship between church and state. This important question must be resolved if Christians in the 21st century desire to continue the legacy that we are now celebrating in Boston. The men and women of the 16th century had determined a course of action, founded upon the Scriptures, that forever changed Europe and England and led to the formation of the very country where we now live. Although we are grateful for that heritage, we should also be looking to the future. The decisions that we make today will determine, 500 years from now, whether our descendants will be celebrating the thousand-year anniversary of the Reformation, or whether it will be forgotten.

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The Bible and Critical Thinking

Filed under Apologetics, Articles by on July 10, 2009 at 12:00 am {no comments}

Many Christians balk at the mention of critical thinking. They associate the phrase with skepticism and “criticism” of the Bible and of religion in general; thus, they want nothing to do with it. “Critical thinking” gets taught at colleges and places where they use reason and logic to lure children away from the faith their parents taught them. While university professors have often stolen away children in the name of “critical thinking,” the unbelieving skepticism promoted by these types does not deserve the label: it is not “critical” in the least bit, at least not in the biblical sense of the term.

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Give me Money!

Filed under Articles, Economics, Ethics by on July 1, 2009 at 12:00 am {one comment}

The Bible does not minimize the importance of economics. The Garden of Eden makes mention of gold and precious stones: “The gold of that land is good” (Genesis 2:11-12). Jesus used money as a teaching device in many of His parables. John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church, Panorama City, California, said that

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Geithner’s Toxic Assets Plan

Filed under Articles, Economics, Ethics by on March 27, 2009 at 12:00 am {no comments}

The financial system in the Unites States (and globally, really) is a complex ball-under-the-shell game, with about a couple thousand shells involved. This allows any given official to say, “We’re fixing the problem,” when in reality they’ve simply moved it out of sight once again. By the time you catch up (or think you’ve caught up) they’ve moved it three times more. The public, and most of the financial press, takes the official’s word for it. They’re too confused to do much else.

The switch-a-roo continues with the latest revealing of a plan to remove “toxic assets” from bank books. Obama’s Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner laid out details that would effect a transfer of as much as $1 trillion in assets, using a combination of public and private investing along with FDIC insurance. The stock markets jolted upwards, signaling what some see as a reversal of the economic crisis. But what is really happening here? While not confident that I understand every detail in this melee (does anyone?), I have a some firm suspicions about the big picture.

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Gay Marriage: Logic in the Pitts

Filed under Articles, Ethics, Family & Children by on March 13, 2009 at 12:00 am {one comment}

In just another case of how liberals and secularists attempt to evade logic and reason using appeals to emotion and pity, a recent columnist “argues” for gay marriage by telling a tale of misery and despair. A tactic for many other untenable (and unpopular) liberal positions, here we find one more illogical and unreasonable (and therefore dishonest) appeal.

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The Education of Democratic Man

Filed under Articles, Education, Ethics by on March 12, 2009 at 12:00 am {no comments}

An education is one of the few things that we can give ourselves and our children that will have lifelong effects. Although most American families send their children – as they themselves were sent by their own parents – to public schools, how often have we stopped to question the goals of the public education system? Christian parents especially should be asking this question if they are truly concerned whether their goals for educating their children are similar to the public schools’.

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Why We Need Rich People

Filed under Articles, Economics, Ethics by on March 2, 2009 at 12:00 am {no comments}

The rich often get a bum rap. Liberals are incensed when it is suggested that “the rich” get any type of tax reduction even though the top 50% of wage earners pay 96% of all income taxes. Since they spend more money, the rich also pay a disproportionate amount in sales, property, entertainment, and excise taxes. Without the rich, most people would not have jobs.

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