http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2006/07/10/news-flash-the-gospel-is-safe/ Thoughts on life, art, and religion Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:31:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2006/07/10/news-flash-the-gospel-is-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Rebelling Against Indifference » Facing the Giants: A Fantasy Film Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:03:48 +0000 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/?p=46#comment-752 [...] I’ve blogged a couple times before (here and here) about Facing the Giants, a film produced by a church in Atlanta that is currently in theatres. Barbara Nicolosi from Church of the Masses just posted her take on the film. Barbara is a critic whom I probably disagree with as often as I agree with her, most notably about Da Vinci Code and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, but I think she’s hit the nail on the head with this one. Here’s part of her review, along with her summary of the film: Facing the Giants from any serious perspective is a fantasy film. Its message is very dangerous for Christians, and scandalous for pagans. Adult Evangelical Christians watching Facing the Giants is like sex addicts watching the Spice Channel. (Nope. Not going to take it back.) [...] [...] I’ve blogged a couple times before (here and here) about Facing the Giants, a film produced by a church in Atlanta that is currently in theatres. Barbara Nicolosi from Church of the Masses just posted her take on the film. Barbara is a critic whom I probably disagree with as often as I agree with her, most notably about Da Vinci Code and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, but I think she’s hit the nail on the head with this one. Here’s part of her review, along with her summary of the film: Facing the Giants from any serious perspective is a fantasy film. Its message is very dangerous for Christians, and scandalous for pagans. Adult Evangelical Christians watching Facing the Giants is like sex addicts watching the Spice Channel. (Nope. Not going to take it back.) [...]

]]> http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2006/07/10/news-flash-the-gospel-is-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Rebelling Against Indifference » “God is proud of this movie” Sun, 08 Oct 2006 05:56:25 +0000 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/?p=46#comment-669 [...] Facing the Giants, a movie I blogged about here back in July, released in theatres last week. Josh Hurst, reviwing the movie for Christianity Today, broke what is evidently the cardinal rule of christian film criticism: “Never ever ever, under any circumstances, say anything bad at all about a film if it is made by christians.” He ended his review by saying this: One must also acknowledge that the film—made on a $100,000 budget by a Baptist church in Albany, Georgia—has its heart in the right place; there are good lessons here about honoring God in everything that we do, the importance of respect and leadership, and the power of prayer. Those are all things viewers could benefit from hearing. Whether they ever will hear them, though, is another matter—when a film is as unintentionally corny as this one, it’s anyone’s guess as to how many viewers can stomach all the schmaltz for the positive message at the end. [...] [...] Facing the Giants, a movie I blogged about here back in July, released in theatres last week. Josh Hurst, reviwing the movie for Christianity Today, broke what is evidently the cardinal rule of christian film criticism: “Never ever ever, under any circumstances, say anything bad at all about a film if it is made by christians.” He ended his review by saying this: One must also acknowledge that the film—made on a $100,000 budget by a Baptist church in Albany, Georgia—has its heart in the right place; there are good lessons here about honoring God in everything that we do, the importance of respect and leadership, and the power of prayer. Those are all things viewers could benefit from hearing. Whether they ever will hear them, though, is another matter—when a film is as unintentionally corny as this one, it’s anyone’s guess as to how many viewers can stomach all the schmaltz for the positive message at the end. [...]

]]> http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2006/07/10/news-flash-the-gospel-is-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-148 KWashi Sat, 15 Jul 2006 04:34:30 +0000 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/?p=46#comment-148 ....of course.....if they've read it.... ….of course…..if they’ve read it….

]]> http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2006/07/10/news-flash-the-gospel-is-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-147 KWashi Sat, 15 Jul 2006 04:30:46 +0000 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/?p=46#comment-147 The Bible is an X-rated book! Everyone knows that! The Bible is an X-rated book! Everyone knows that!

]]> http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2006/07/10/news-flash-the-gospel-is-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Stephen Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:25:02 +0000 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/?p=46#comment-144 And yet they didn't print new Bibles leaving out the erotica, the gang rape accounts, the genocide, etc. Yeah, that makes sense. And yet they didn’t print new Bibles leaving out the erotica, the gang rape accounts, the genocide, etc. Yeah, that makes sense.

]]> http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2006/07/10/news-flash-the-gospel-is-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-143 jonathan Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:00:18 +0000 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/?p=46#comment-143 The difference is that at pcc we could watch G movies but not PG. The difference is that at pcc we could watch G movies but not PG.

]]> http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2006/07/10/news-flash-the-gospel-is-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Cowboy Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:58:06 +0000 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/?p=46#comment-140 Wow.... Why is it that such a minority of "christians" give the rest of us such a bad name? Publicity is the only reason they're actually complaining. They don't want a 'G' rating, they want free publicity. That's sickening. Wow…. Why is it that such a minority of “christians” give the rest of us such a bad name? Publicity is the only reason they’re actually complaining. They don’t want a ‘G’ rating, they want free publicity. That’s sickening.

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