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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Save Me From Anne Heche?
If there’s something overtly religious about an upcoming television show, I’m apt to DVR it. But then again, I’m inclined to set my DVR to record the initial episode of just about every new show out there, from mainstream networks … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Theology, TV
Tagged 12 Steps, AA, Alcoholics Anonymous, Anne Heche, community, food, forgiveness, God, hearing God, NBC, potluck, Save Me
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Sunday’s Sermon Today: Tragedy & The Presence Of God
Disclaimer: If you’re a member of my congregation coming to church this Sunday, don’t read this. Or do, if you need to hear it again! There’s nothing that makes me angrier than bad theology. Than seeing something that the Church … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Sermons, Theology
Tagged Columbine, God's love, Grief, I Corinthians 13, Job, john piper, Lazarus, Noah, oklahoma, rachel held evans, religion, repentance, Sandyhook, spirituality, Thailand, tornadoes, tsunami, tsunami aftermath
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Fast & Furious 6: Family First
One of the most anticipated films of the summer, Fast & Furious 6 dropped on Memorial Day weekend with its multi-cultural star power, its high speed car chases, massive explosions, and one well-documented tank. Dom Torretto (Vin Diesel) finds himself living the … Continue reading
Fast & Furious: The Saga So Far
In 2001, Universal Pictures delivered the car-racing, screen-stealing action flick The Fast and the Furious, intent on launching the career of the pretty boy Paul Walker and continuing the upward trend of the gravelly-voiced hulk Vin Diesel. After a strange step away … Continue reading
Parker: Robin Hood-Meets-Angel of Vengeance
Jason Statham is one of those guys whose movies I want to like. Like Mark Wahlberg or The Rock, I find myself enjoying some of their movies and then recognizing that a few others aren’t nearly as good (past winner for this … Continue reading
Dan Brown’s Inferno: Robert Langford In Dante’s Hell
The fourth installment of Dan Brown’s books to feature Harvard’s adventurous art history prof, Robert Langford, finds the hero of Angels & Demons, The Davinci Code, and The Lost Symbol suffering from amnesia and unaware why he’s in Florence, the victim of an … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Pop Culture
Tagged Angels & Demons, Dan Brown, Dante, Davinci Code, Inferno, Lost Symbol, National Treasure, transhumanism
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Star Trek Into Darkness: Old School Space
First off, a disclaimer: I’m a Star Wars guy, not a Trekkie, but I’ve seen all of the original cast Star Trek movies several times, and I have a lot of respect for the … even-numbered ones. But I thought … Continue reading
The Lone Ranger 75th Anniversary Collection: Story Of A Legend
From 1949 to 1957, Clayton Moore starred as the Lone Ranger, the masked vigilante who fired silver bullets but never aimed to kill. The only Texas Ranger to survive the massacre by the Butch Cavendish gang, this man took on … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews, Pop Culture, TV
Tagged Clayton Moore, Gore Verbinski, Johnny Depp, Lone Ranger, serial, Tonto, westerns
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The Custom Mary: Faith Or Fanaticism?
There have been several fictional attempts to explain, understand, and consider the way that Jesus may appear, interpreting the understanding of the ways that he will “come back” at his “second coming.” Contemporary Christian Music delivered the Hero rock opera; Colin … Continue reading
Silver Linings Playbook: Judgment vs. Forgiveness
Silver Linings Playbook is the only Oscar movie I had left to watch, and the fact that Jennifer Lawrence (Hunger Games, Winter’s Bone) won an Academy Award only made my anticipation grow. A romantic comedy about a Philadelphia Eagles fan with emotional … Continue reading
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