There is perhaps no more controversial topic within Christianity than that of food. They debated it in the early Church, and we continue to debate it now. Whether the topic is: “Should Christians should drink wine or beer”, or: “What defines gluttony?”, Christians love to debate the theology of food. Recently a lot of Christians...
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MUST READ SPAM: But “Game of Thrones’ Still Has Porn In It
I don’t know anything about the website Speculative Faith, or the author E. Stephen Burnett. But the following blog post on HBO hit Game of Thrones television series showed up in my time line and I felt the need to share the blog with the Gospel Spam readers. Here’s a snippet: Game of Thrones. Game...
Temptations and How to Conquer Them
Temptation And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son...
Why did you name the site Gospel Spam?!
Gospel Spam has been around for around two months now. Myself and the other faithful Gospel Spam writers never thought it would grow in popularity as fast as it has, and for that we are truly thankful to the community. Our FB shares have reached upwards of two thousand on some posts. That’s an unbelievable...
Christian Addiction to Fatalism ‘ Pt. 1
There is one major theme that stands out in my mind when it comes to American Christianity and politics. It is the subconscious obsession with Fatalism. The World English Dictionary defines it: fatalism (E?feE?tEi??E?lE?zEi??m) ‘ n 1. the philosophical doctrine that all events are predetermined so that man is powerless to alter his destiny 2....
“Transcendence” Fails To Transcend Mediocrity
There’s a certain man vs machine’ tension hardwired in to the premise of TRANSCENDENCE, but the film is actually little more than a poorly-structured science-fiction cautionary tale with brilliant ideas to spare but with a paper-thin screenplay to hang them on. TRANSCENDENCE was made by first-time director Wally Pfister, who die-hard cinephiles will know as...
Reason to Believe He is Risen
Greg Koukl is a wonderful, kind man. I had the privilege of spending an hour and a half with him while driving him to the airport a couple of years ago. Our conversation was deep and very cordial. We disagreed on the issue, and Greg was kind enough to spend the first 15 minutes of...
This guy in the video explains the true meaning of Easter better than anyone I have ever heard.
Sure Gospel Spam loves movies, and arts but we have not forgotten the Gospel that gives us our name. We wanted to share this video with you and remind you all about the truth of the Gospel. Have a Happy Easter this weekend. Eat lots of candy and easter spam, and ham. Spend time with...
Why Christian Filmmakers Should Break Bad
AMC’s Breaking Bad will end it’s six year, five season run in the next few weeks, and what a run it has been. Walter White, your average Government school Chemistry teacher, has a good job, an intact family and a happy life. Until, that is, he finds out he has cancer. Desperate for a way...
What Mike Tyson Can Teach the American Evangelical Church
Mike Tyson: former heavyweight champion of the world. He still holds the record for the fastest Junior Olympics knockout (8 seconds). ESPN ranked Tyson as the most powerful puncher of all time. “Iron Mike” is the former husband to a once-famous starlet. He earned over $300-million dollars during his career and was bankrupt before he...