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Culture: The Value of a Life in Panem [from 2012 review of The Hunger Games]
“The future shape of the world,” Baptist theologian R. Albert Mohler has noted, “appears to be a worldview competition between Christianity, Islam, and Western secularism.” The Hunger Games film and...
View ArticleCulture: The Worldview of Star Wars
To coincide with what has become the biggest movie premiere in history, The Christian Examiner discussed the theology behind the Star Wars universe with me. Why is our society so enamored with Star...
View ArticleCulture: The Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Metanarrative of God
Every human being is hungry for a single overarching storyline that ties all of our smaller stories together. Since 2008, evidence for this hunger has been as close as your nearest cinema. That’s when...
View ArticleCulture: Iron Man and the Metanarrative of God
This exploration of Iron Man is the second in a series of posts exploring theological themes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You can find the rest of the series here. I recommend using VidAngel to...
View ArticleCulture: The Incredible Hulk and the Metanarrative of God
This exploration of The Incredible Hulk is the third in a series of posts exploring theological themes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You can find the rest of the series here. I recommend using...
View ArticleCulture: Iron Man 2 and the Metanarrative of God
This exploration of Iron Man 2 is the fourth in a series of posts exploring theological themes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You can find the rest of the series here. I recommend using VidAngel to...
View ArticleFamily Ministry: The Best Tool to Filter Films for Your Family
My family and I enjoy movies—a lot. The problem is, there are many movies that, for us at least, are too riddled with unnecessary profanity and sexual innuendo to enjoy together. And, honestly, I know...
View ArticleCulture: A Quick Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
At the center of God’s story stands this singular act: In Jesus Christ, God personally intersected human history and redeemed humanity at a particular time in a particular place. Yet this central...
View ArticleCulture: Comic-Book Heroes in a Christian Worldview
“Comics are the new Bible,” film critic Anne Billson recently declared, “and devotees never tire of seeing their idols save the world.” Her elevation of comic books to canonical status in the culture...
View ArticleBlog: Most-Read Posts of 2016 and Plans for 2017
Around twenty-seven thousand people racked up nearly one hundred thousand views of this blog in 2016. If you were one of them, thank you! Since there are no advertisements on my site, I don’t profit...
View ArticleThe Coal Miner’s Daughter Meets the Minotaur: A Review of The Hunger Games
The bestselling novel and blockbuster movie The Hunger Games provoked a wide range of reactions among evangelical Christians. A reviewer from Focus on the Family find in the female protagonist a...
View ArticleThe Value of a Life in Panem: A Review of The Hunger Games
“The future shape of the world,” Baptist theologian R. Albert Mohler has noted, “appears to be a worldview competition between Christianity, Islam, and Western secularism.” The Hunger Games film and...
View ArticleCulture: Katniss and the Minotaur [from 2012 review of The Hunger Games]
The bestselling novel and blockbuster movie The Hunger Games provoked a wide range of reactions among evangelical Christians. A reviewer from Focus on the Family finds in the female protagonist a...
View ArticlePodcast: Why Apologetics? + “God Gave Rock and Roll to You”
Click here to download this episode from iTunes and learn why apologetics matters. Welcome to a new episode of Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast! Three Chords and the Truth is a new...
View ArticlePodcast: What Is Apologetics? + “The Age of Aquarius”
Click here to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Three Chords and the Truth is a new podcast that brings together apologetics, theology, and the history of rock and roll. In the Three Chords segment...
View ArticlePodcast: Three Chords Goes to the Movies: Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of...
On May 25, 1977, a young filmmaker named George Lucas released a space fantasy that he had simply titled Star Wars. Over the past four decades, this story has developed into one of the most influential...
View ArticleLisa V. Fields: Apologetics through Eyes of Color + “Crossroads” (Robert...
The blues, Robert Johnson, and The Jackson 5 are a few of the stars of this week’s episode of Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast. Lisa V. Fields—popular apologetics speaker and founder...
View ArticleGarrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones: The Soul Movie
This episode is all about Soul. That’s because Garrick and Timothy recently headed to the theaters to watch the Soul movie, a new cinematic feature produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by...
View ArticleGarrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones: Good Times with the End Times (Part 1)...
It’s eschatology and R.E.M. in part one of this two-part almost-the-end-of-the-season mega-episode. The topic is the end times. After discussing some of the greatest apocalyptic tunes in the history of...
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