Category: Entertainment
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Harry Potter & Moral Issues: Guest Post
Read more: Harry Potter & Moral Issues: Guest PostIt is hugely disappointing to me that I still have to defend my love for the Harry Potter series to other Christians. In good Two Cities fashion of “reconciling Evangelicals with the ‘Bad Guys,’” I will give two reasons why the Harry Potter series is not a threat to the Christian worldview and is actually…
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Sweeney Todd & Total Depravity
Read more: Sweeney Todd & Total DepravityWhen I originally saw Sweeney Todd at the theatres in December 2007 my first thought was, “I need to preach a sermon on this.” So in this season leading up to Halloween I thought I’d relive some of those original thoughts and share them with you. Also, if you are looking for a good movie…
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The Kenosis of Thor & The Kenosis of Christ
Read more: The Kenosis of Thor & The Kenosis of ChristWhen it comes to super-heroes I am a Batman guy all the way. It certainly doesn’t hurt that the Oscar-worthy Christopher Nolan is the mastermind behind the resurgence of Batman’s popularity and Joel Schumacher’s grubby paws are nowhere near the franchise (although he did apologize). Yet, even before Nolan I preferred Batman to others, especially…
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Jesus Walks? The Theology of Kanye West in Light of Scripture
Read more: Jesus Walks? The Theology of Kanye West in Light of ScriptureI made “Jesus Walks” so [I’m] never going to hell. –Kanye West, “Otis” Nothing says “fresh” like analyzing a subject of pop culture seven years after its release. But unfortunately, I didn’t have a blog seven years ago, and since Kanye West delivered the line above in a song from his new collaboration album with Jay-Z,…