CineMUSINGS Archive

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Film and Apologetics? Or: What We’re All About

 I was recently asked to speak at an apologetics conference in Alabama, and my first thought was “why”? I talk about movies and God as storyteller.
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Stuck in Neutral? CRACKED on movies

If you’ve never heard of CRACKED.com, you don’t know what you’re missing. If you frequent CRACKED.com, shame on you:) Seriously, I stumbled upon one of their
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STIR UP THE GIFT: Encouragement for Storytellers

“For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God…” – 2 Timothy 1:6 What is the gift YOU’VE been given, what does that mean, and
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Australian Whirlwind Tour

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks for the CinemaGuy. When Mark Glenn – pastor of The Fields Church in Bowral, Australia – and I started
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Sharp Claws & Harm… an ode to THE WOLVERINE

NOTE: Wolverine stabs a LOT of people. Just go back and watch X2, or read any number of Wolverine comics. However, as the new film opens,
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Why SUPERMAN still looks good at 75 years old…

(Honestly, I don’t think Clark looks a day over 30.) Although there are a great number of combinant cultural factors why Superman has endured 75 years,
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WWE and Theology

“Greatness is never given: it is earned. So you work harder, dream bigger… chase, capture, and conquer history.” – John Cena, Wrestlemania 29 Legacy and redemption:
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Goodbye to an inspiration

Roger Ebert understood the power of story. Before the internet had tubes, before Apple Trailers and Facebook, DVRs and XBox Live… before all the ways we
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Pacific Northwest Cinemagogue Conference

It’s my hope that, eventually, you stop listening to me. Encouraging feedback from pastors, filmmakers, students and homemakers has provided some of the most potent fuel