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Quality Gets “Left Behind”
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Quality Gets “Left Behind”

I have nothing against a good disaster movie. Write several shallow characters. Check. Insert superficial interpersonal conflict. Check. Introduce natural disaster to throw said shallow characters into. Check. Watch shallow characters carry out their superficial interpersonal conflict amidst disaster-enhanced action sequences and peril. Check ad nauseam. With Left Behind, we have disaster movie meets Christian...

The Theology of Big Brother
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The Theology of Big Brother

Several years ago John De Mol started an international sensation called Big Brother. It first started overseas in the UK and spread eventually to the United States once Survivor proved there was an audience for prime-time reality competition. I don’t remember much about the first season of Big Brother; it was a long time ago....

Lecrae to appear on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
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Lecrae to appear on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

On Thursday September 18th, Reach Records artist Lecrae will take Late Night’s biggest stage, with Late Light’s biggest band, The Roots. Reach Records just posted the announcement on Facebook moments ago. Lecrae’s new album Anomaly is currently sitting pretty within the top ten on iTunes. Recently fans of Lecrae got the hashtag #LecraeOnFallon trending and...

Christians Sabotage Lousy Movies for the Sake of the Gospel
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Christians Sabotage Lousy Movies for the Sake of the Gospel

An article on WND’entitled Christians Sabotage Gospel In Hollywood’blames the failure of a movie called The Identical (which I have not seen) on the fact that Christians’by and large’didn’t support the film during its opening weekend. From what I gathered in this article, The Identical contains a powerful Christian message and’according to the author Drew...

A Matter of Faith – Pastoral Review
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A Matter of Faith – Pastoral Review

Dear Pastor, Perhaps you are considering screening A Matter of Faith at your church or encouraging your people to use the big screen release as an opportunity to evangelize your community. The producers of the film make convincing arguments why you should. After all, people do remember movies long after they’ve forgotten your sermons. And...

A Matter of Faith – Film Review
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A Matter of Faith – Film Review

Recently three Gospel Spam writers (Marcus Pittman, Jon Speed and Sye Ten Bruggencate) were invited to a screening of a new Christian movie titled “A Matter of Faith.” After viewing the film, and listening to the director speak on it we decided it would be necessary to write three separate views on the film. One...