Posted: February, 2008
Lewis and Pascal” Trailblazing Apologists Podcast: Live at CS Lewis Centre Segment 1 of 1
Every generation of Christians faces unique challenges in understanding, defending and advancing Christianity. As we enter the 21st century, what is the relevance of the apologetics of a Pascal or a CS Lewis? Tonight host Dick Staub and guest Dr. Peter Gilbert lead us into a discussion of Pascal who believed: “Men despise religion. They hate it and are Read more
Oscars 2007. Misty Twilight of the Soul Blogger Dick Staub
“There is a misty twilight of the soul “A sickly eclipse, low brooding o’er a man,When the poor brain is as an empty bowl, And the thought-spirit, weariful and wan, “Turning from that which yet it loves the best, “Sinks moveless, with life-poverty opprest” “Watch, then, O Lord, thy feebly glimmering coal.”George MacDonald “Diary of an Old Soul.”
Even the dimmest bulb on the planet can see that if “art is the language of the soul,” our Academy Award Best Picture Nominees reveal the misty twilight of human hope brought on by a dark shadows cast across the human soul.
All five nominees portray human capacity for evil and fallenness and each in its own way explores
No commentsTheology of the 2007 Best Picture Nominees: Atonement. Juno. No Country for Old Men. Michael Clayton. There Will Be Blood. Podcast: Live At Hales Segment 1 of 1
Since the 1960’s films have engaged the questions once the domain of religion: Who is God? Who are Humans? Where did we come? What is our biggest problem? How do we resolve it? Where are we going? Andrew Greeley put it this way,” my thesis is simple enough: popular culture is a theological place”the locale in which one may Read more
God’s Politics: Left, Right or Fuggetabout it! Podcast: Live At Hales Segment 1 of 1
In one of the most interesting election years in ages, we ask some simple questions. DOES God have a politics? What does faith have to do with political positions? With all the hoopla about record turn outs in primaries and caucuses, the fact is there is overwhelming evidence that the majority of Read more
Top Films 2007: Into Great Silence. There Will Be Blood. The Devil Came On Horseback. Assassination of Jesse James. Hot Fuzz. Juno. Gone Baby Gone. Feast of Love. Deep Water.TKM Live at The Movies Segment 1 of 1
In this special edition hosted by Dick Staub, we asked each of our three movie critics to select their favorite films of 2007. Here are their picks and comments from Jeffrey Overstreet, film critic, author of Auralia’s Colors and Through a Screen Darkly, Greg Wright Managing Editor of HollywoodJesus.com and Past the Popcorn and our own Jennie Spohr, producer of TKM, contributor to Past the Popcorn and a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary.
Moving to a Small Island Blogger Dick Staub
(This column first appeared as an RNS syndicated column in September 2007). I have moved to a small island, in part to pursue the un-frantic life. For twenty years we’ve vacationed in the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State. Each year for a few weeks
