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December 2025

December 28, 2025

Watching God’s Top 10 Movies of 2025

Movies still speak to us. And in 2025, they had a lot to say about...

May 2025

May 06, 2025

Sinners Is a Great Movie With a Problematic Message

You can’t deny the power, artistry and sheer entertainment value of Ryan Coogler’s Sinners. The...

January 2025

January 30, 2025

Nosferatu Paints a Dark Picture That Points to the Light

We’ve seen sexy vampires, sparkly vampires, atheistic vampires who might take their morning showers in...

January 22, 2024

C.S. Lewis, Sigmund Freud Talk God in ‘Freud’s Last Session’

In a quiet week at the box office, an unassuming film called Freud’s Last Session...

December 2023

December 28, 2023

Watching God’s Top 10 Movies of 2023

Even though we’ve got just a few more days left of 2023, it feels as...

March 2023

March 30, 2023

In Viaggio Shows a Globetrotting Pope At His Most Human

Traveling can be stressful for most of us. The flights, the hotels, the pressures to...

February 2023

February 24, 2023

Jesus Revolution is Great—and Timely

In The Everlasting Man, G.K. Chesterton said that the Christian faith has a peculiar character....

May 2022

May 26, 2022

Director Alex Garland Has More Than ‘Men’ on His Mind: He’s Thinking About God, Too

Alex Garland might be one of the most provocative directors working right now. His works...

April 2021

April 05, 2021

The Unholy is Creepy, But Suffers From a Fatal Flaw

Christian entertainment blooms this time of year. In the space between Palm Sunday and Easter,...

October 2020

October 16, 2020

Seeing Faith in Disney+’s Clouds

Zach Sobiech wasn’t expecting a miracle when he went to Lourdes. His family made the...

August 2020

August 24, 2020

Words on Bathroom Walls Reminds Us of the Power of Confession

Words on Bathroom Walls, a teen romantic drama released to theaters this past weekend, takes...

June 2020

June 19, 2020

This Man is Fast. But in Runner, It’s His Will That Moves You.

Guor Mading Maker was an experienced runner long before he laced up his first pair...

February 2020

February 16, 2020

Doc ‘We Believe in Dinosaurs’ Highlights America’s Faith/Science Divide

I’m no scientist, but I do like science. I’m no pastor, but I do love...

February 13, 2020

The Green Knight Looks Intense. But Will It Retain the Original’s Spirituality?

The trailer for David Lowery’s intriguing-looking The Green Knight just dropped. Color me excited …...

December 2019

December 22, 2019

The 12 Best Non-Christian Christian Movies of the Decade

Hollywood and heaven have never been next-door neighbors. Look, most movie studios want to encourage...

December 10, 2019

In Dark Waters, a Lawyer Trades New-School Profits to Become an Old-School Prophet

The environmental docudrama Dark Waters pits attorney Robert Bilott, one-time defender of the country’s mighty...

June 2019

June 04, 2019

New Doc Beautifully Tells a Story of Tragedy and Forgiveness

“Forgive them, for they know not what they do.” That’s what Jesus said, hanging on...

April 2019

April 19, 2019

Pilgrim’s Progress is Instructive, Inspiring … and Utterly Insane

I've never read Pilgrim's Progress. As a college English major, you think I would've. And...

April 16, 2019

In The Curse of La Llorona, ‘The Only Way You Can Combat Darkness is With Light.’

I’ve written plenty about the spiritual dichotomy we find in horror movies. For lots of...

April 15, 2019

Notre Dame’s Fire Was Horrible. But We Can Find Hope There, Too

The fire in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is dying down now. No one knows...

April 09, 2019

Seeing the Power of Faith in The Curse of La Llorona

I just got back from a film junket in Los Angeles for The Curse of...

March 2019

March 25, 2019

This is ‘Us.’ And It’s Horrifyingly Spiritual

Jordan Peele’s smart, terrifying new film Us is tethered, you might say, to the Bible—specifically...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

Jesus Returns … to the History Channel

The History Channel is no stranger to biblical programming. Six years ago, the network aired...

January 30, 2019

Oscar Loses Its Religion

Oscar nominees were announced last week, and like always, they featured plenty of surprises, snubs...

December 2018

December 28, 2018

Anger Reigned In 2018–Except At the Movies

Avengers: Infinity War gave us the greatest roster of superheroes ever assembled on screen. About...

December 14, 2018

Forget the Avengers: Roma Gives Us The Year’s Greatest Hero

Roma begins in water. It’s all we see at first—the water washing over black-and-white tile...

December 10, 2018

And the Most Religious Superhero Movie of the Year is … Deadpool 2?

Deadpool fans were treated to a new poster last week, right in advance of the...

December 01, 2018

George H.W. Bush is Gone, But His Faith Lives On

George H.W. Bush first spoke of “a thousand points of light” in New Orleans,...

November 2018

November 23, 2018

We Share Good News at Christmastime: The Grinch Shows Us How

No one likes it when carolers attack. That’s especially true if you’re the Grinch, who...

November 16, 2018

Newt’s a Saint in ‘Crimes of Grindelwald’. Really.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald opens, appropriately enough, with a gathering storm. Silver-tongued villain...