Carson Holloway, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, writes an excellent, insightful reflection on Hollywood's strange indignation at the arrest and possible prosecution of Roman Polanski for raping a girl. Holloway explains that "the embrace of sexual liberation necessarily diminishes our horror for rape." Since Hollywood has wholeheartedly embraced sexual liberation, they must now (logically) stand with Polanski lest they too be guilty:If Polanski is guilty of some terribly immoral act, then Hollywood has itself been guilty of an unseemly (at … [Read more...] about Roman Polanski, Hollywood, and Misplaced Outrage
FOTF Radio Theatre: The Screwtape Letters
This looks really good. Play the Intro video (7:18). The synopsis:In his enduringly popular masterpiece, C.S. Lewis re-imagines Hell as a gruesome bureaucracy. With spiritual insight and wry wit, Radio Theatre's The Screwtape Letters centers on the senior demon Screwtape (Andy Serkis) as he shares correspondence with his apprentice Wormwood. The younger spirit's assignment is terrorizing a man in London during the tumultuous days of World War II.Andy Serkis (an atheist) has an amazing voice -- he played Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, among many other theatrical … [Read more...] about FOTF Radio Theatre: The Screwtape Letters
Brian Godawa on A Theology of the Arts
Brian Godawa, award winning screenwriter of To End All Wars and author of Word Pictures: Knowing God Through Story & Imagination and the documentary Lines That Divide: The Great Stem Cell Debate, recently gave a message at Tribe Church (an Acts 29 church) in North Hollywood, CA. The message was entitled "Word Pictures: A Theology of the Arts," and was based on his latest book, Word Pictures: Knowing God Through Story & Imagination. The full audio of the message is available. … [Read more...] about Brian Godawa on A Theology of the Arts
Interview with Matt Perman on Desiring God
Tim Challies interviews Matt Perman, Director of Strategy at Desiring God. An excerpt:Why do you post everything online for free? When you asked about how Desiring God could serve the readers of this site, I pointed to our website. So it makes sense for me to talk a little bit more about why we post everything for free and how this relates to our view of serving. The call to be God-centered entails a call to serve others before yourself. The two greatest commandments are to love God and to love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:34-40). Jesus said that he came “not to be served, but to … [Read more...] about Interview with Matt Perman on Desiring God
The Elisha Foundation – Justin Reimer
The Elisha Foundation is an outstanding ministry to children with special needs. To help readers get a better understanding of this ministry, I'm re-posting an interview with Justin Reimer, who together with his wife Tamara established The Elisha Foundation in December 2005. Here is part I of our interview: Can you please tell us how the Lord called you to Himself? I grew up in a Christian home with two parents who love the Lord and raised us in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. We were immersed in Christianity. I remember kneeling next to my bed at the age of 4 full of fear that hell … [Read more...] about The Elisha Foundation – Justin Reimer
Idolatry is a Stealthy Hunter
Greg Dutcher:If a woman cannot find God's presence and power sufficient to sustain her through the day, then idolatry has hunted her down. If that student's Xbox fantasies shift from fun entertainment to ceaseless obsession, then idolatry has slipped through the back door and made itself at home. And when a husband stops seeing his wife as a God-given life partner and treats her only as an object for his own pleasure, then idolatry has done a good day's work. None of these victims may realize how deep in the throes of God-substitutes they actually are, but that's just fine with idolatry. … [Read more...] about Idolatry is a Stealthy Hunter