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August 2017

August 31, 2017

Christians: Read the Room

If God has a PR person, they should be fired after this week. At a time...

June 2017

June 04, 2017

Lord, Save Us From Your Followers: ‘The Keepers’ and the Dark side of Christianity

Few shows have provoked as much rage in me as Netflix's "The Keepers." I started watching...

May 2017

May 11, 2017

The Truman Show, Freedom and Less-Wild Lovers

In their book “The Sacred Romance,” Brent Curtis and John Eldredge discuss the rut that...

May 09, 2017

Holiday Road: My 5 Favorite Movie Road Trips

As you read this, I'm on a week-long vacation with my family. As such, I'm...

April 2017

April 11, 2017

Crashing: Christian in the wild

HBO's new series "Crashing" finished its first season on Sunday. As with many of the...

February 2017

February 25, 2017

Goodbye, Family Christian Stores

This week, it was announced that Family Christian Stores — one of the world's largest Christian...

November 2016

November 17, 2016

To everyone telling me to be quiet and trust God after this election

Again, apologies. I know: I'm the movie guy. And trust me, next week, you're going...

November 10, 2016

Losing my evangelical home

I promise we'll get back to movies shortly. Given the events of this week, I...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

“Hell House” and shock-and-awe evangelism

George Ratliff’s “Hell House,” (2002) resonates with me in a way few documentaries have....

September 2016

September 02, 2016

Is the Internet the Antichrist?

When my dad bought our first computer with a modem and America Online shortly after...

July 2016

July 03, 2016

Popcorn in the pews

When I was in my twenties, my friends referred to the movies as my second...

June 2016

June 24, 2016

No, ‘Independence Day’ was not your generation’s ‘Star Wars’

So, there's not a review here for this week's big release, "Independence Day: Resurgence." In...

June 14, 2016

The strange love affair between Christians and guns

This isn’t the first time I’ve addressed this, and I hate that. This post, in...

June 12, 2016

Orlando: Death in our safe spaces demands love across the lines

Earlier this evening, in response to the horrific shooting at a gay nightclub Orlando that left...

June 01, 2016

Review: “Weiner” is fascinating, frustrating look at scandal

At one point in the new documentary "Weiner," when disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner is...

March 2016

March 30, 2016

5 Ways “God’s Not Dead” fails Christians

In March 2014, "God's Not Dead" brought in $60 million at the box office, proving that...

March 19, 2016

We can’t answer Donald Trump’s noise with our own

A few years ago, my wife and I were walking through Ann Arbor on a...

February 2016

February 17, 2016

Christians and the movies: What are we afraid of?

Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square. This month we're asking:...

February 15, 2016

Kirk, Kanye and Christians sharing the spotlight

Let's get this straight: Normally, I don't care what Kanye West does. I'm a 36-year-old...

February 13, 2016

“Deadpool,” libertines and the Christian critic’s dilemma

I love comedies, comic book movies and films that break the fourth wall. You would...

January 2016

January 28, 2016

He-Man, Simpsons and things the church banned

When it was announced last week that McG would direct a film adaptation of the...

January 26, 2016

The church must pay attention to the Oscars’ diversity problem

It's old news by now that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has...