Movies

Article Preaching to Ourselves
- By Stan Purdum
- Posted on April 1st, 2013
As a preacher, the comment I most hate to receive after a sermon is “You gave us something to think about.” The way I hear it, none of the ways “You gave us…
Article The Gospel in Disney
- By David Brian Smith and Meg Calvin
- Posted on January 13th, 2013
During the month of June each year, we celebrate "Children's Month" with a kid-themed, kid-friendly sermon series. This past year, our theme was "The Gospel in Disney." There were …
Article It's a Wonderful Life (Sermon Series with Drama)
- By Bill Barnes
- Posted on July 24th, 2012
This five part series for Advent uses the classic holiday film, "It's a Wonderful Life," as a creative vehicle to preach the lessons of Advent. The approach was especially…
Article Hunger Games, Gethsemane, and Golgotha
- By Jeff Anderson
- Posted on April 5th, 2012
A confession. Last week I read the Hunger Games. Yeah, it was written for teenagers. But I wanted to stay current on my son's pop culture. Who really…
Article Ready for a Miracle
- By Melissa Slocum
- Posted on February 15th, 2012
The movie Big Miracle, which opened last weekend, tells the story of the effort to rescue three gray whales trapped in polar ice off the coast of a small Inuit village in Alaska…
Article The Boy Who Lived and the God Who Loves
- By Mike Poteet
- Posted on August 5th, 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 “expelliarmus”-ed old box-office records faster than a Golden Snitch flies, boasting the highest-grossing opening weekend…