Greetings, Mr. Sheen. You don’t know me, and you probably have never heard of our blog site here, but if I could have a few minutes of your time, I’d appreciate it. I have followed your career’on and off’since your early days working with Oliver Stone. I have a vivid memory of being deeply moved...
Category: Television
Debating Dillahunty for the Glory of Jesus and His Gospel
Crown Rights Media has produced a documentary with Sye TenBruggencate which serves as a sequel to How To Answer The Fool called Debating Dillahunty. Last year Sye accepted Matt Dillahunty’s challenge to debate in Memphis, TN. Dillahunty’s fan base has been declaring their hero’s victory ever since. The debate has been available for free on...
Fatherhood for Sale – The Super Bowl sells us Family.
It is estimated that a 30 second super bowl spot this year costs advertisers upwards of 4.5 million dollars. With that much money riding on half a minute, you need to make sure your commercial is memorable. Some commercials are memorable for the wrong reasons. Such as this year’s dead child Nationwide Ad, and Budweiser’s...
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....
Does The Walking Dead Glorify Death?
Every time I mention The Walking Dead, I am hit with two or three people who try and rebuke me for watching a show that, in their words, “glorifies death and evil.” If you don’t believe me, just read the comments of this blog post. Those guys will be proving their inability to understand narrative...
The Covenant at Life Below Zero
The following is a re-post from a Crown Rights blog from several months ago. I thought it would be appropriate re-publish the blog on Gospel Spam seeing how the new season of Life Below Zero has just begun on NatGeo Channel. Also, click here to go to the original blogpost to see my interaction with...
Star Trek: As Told by a Jesus Nerd
The following is a guest post by Daniel Banks, a member of By Grace Community Church in Newport News, VA. Star Trek has been around for quite awhile now. Everyone has grown up watching an incarnation of the enduring franchise, from the original series, Star Trek, and its subsequent spin offs The Next Generation, Deep...
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...
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...