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The Bible: Satan, Obama, and social media

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Alan Rudnick — No Comments ↓

Viewers who watched “The Bible” mini series took to social media to quickly point out a disturbing observation. The character, Satan has a striking resemblance to Barack Obama. The actor, Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni, obviously wore makeup. Twitter was abuzz: People upset Satan in #TheBible looks like…

Tagged with: Alan Rudnick, History Channel, Obama, Satan, The Bible
Posted in Media & Arts, Technology & Church, TV

The theology of the living dead

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Derik Hamby — No Comments ↓

The zombies are coming! The third season of the hit show “The Walking Dead” is out. This hit TV show is based on a popular comic book series by the same name. This new series is not your typical ‘horror’…

Why we love the paranormal

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Alan Rudnick — No Comments ↓

What is it about the paranormal that Americans find so fascinating? A Gallup poll found that about 75% of Americans believe in the paranormal (ghosts, telepathy, clairvoyance, astrology, etc…) Nearly 50% believe in ghosts and 41% believe in extrasensory perception.…

Tagged with: Halloween, paranormal, scary movies
Posted in Books, Media & Arts, Movies, Spiritual Formation, TV

Long, long ago in a time far, far away…

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Tommy Deal — 1 Comment ↓

I remember a day when one would get in trouble for passing handwritten notes in class! I also remember the first time a girl passed me one—be still my heart! Yes, I also remember black and white TV with a…

What Fox says that the church doesn’t

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Barrett Owen — No Comments ↓

In a postmodern, post-denominational, post-Christian, post-religious, post-everything world, the church has floundered on developing a consistent message to help transform culture. The church attempted to entertain – but not many twenty-somethings woke up to hear a bad guitarist sing shallow…

Tagged with: culture wars, Fox, Glee, post-modernism, stereotypes
Posted in Faithful Living, Media & Arts, Social Issues, TV

Andy Griffith’s kinder, gentler community

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Gary Furr — 2 Comments ↓

Andy Griffith died on the Outer Banks of his native North Carolina where he lived. A few years ago, I took my senior adults to the Outer Banks, and, other than seeing the place where “Nights of Rodanthe” was filmed…

Blog Archives

The Bible: Satan, Obama, and social media

Best part of ‘The Bible’ was on social media

The theology of the living dead

Why we love the paranormal

Long, long ago in a time far, far away…

What Fox says that the church doesn’t

Andy Griffith’s kinder, gentler community