Worldview

NBC\’s Jesus Christ Superstar – Who Do You Say That I Am? (Renewed Mind Movie Talk)

It\’s been quite some time since I\’ve published one of these, but my latest Renewed Mind Movie Talk video essay is now available!In this episode, I take a look at the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical Jesus Christ Superstar, specifically the live NBC performance aired on Easter Sunday 2018.Raised in a fairly conservative …

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RELAUNCH! Sort of… Renewed Mind Movie Talk

I\’ve been doing Renewed Mind Movie Talk for a while now, but I have to admit that I\’m not entirely thrilled with the results.I started this series with two goals: 1) to give Christians better tools for engaging with stories than the usual \”moral/immoral\” binary and 2) to foster empathy among evangelical Christians by exposing …

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Spider-man 2: Power, Responsibility, Identity (Renewed Mind Movie Talk, Episode 08)

Oh man, I realize I never posted last week\’s video here. So here\’s the belated 8th episode of Renewed Mind Movie Talk: Spider-man 2: Power, Responsibility, Identity.In this episode, I talk about my favorite Spider-man movie (sorry, Homecoming), and how the film dramatizes an identity crisis.This identity crisis can help Christians think about our own …

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Edgar Wright\’s The World\’s End: To Err is Human (Renewed Mind Movie Talk, Episode 09)

New episode of Renewed Mind Movie Talk!In this episode, we look at the last entry in the Cornetto Trilogy, a series of movies directed by Edgar Wright (Baby Driver) and featuring actor/writers Simon Pegg and Nick Frost: Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World\’s End (2013).The World\’s End is part midlife …

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Edgar Wright\’s The World\’s End: To Err is Human (Renewed Mind Movie Talk, Episode 09)

New episode of Renewed Mind Movie Talk!In this episode, we look at the last entry in the Cornetto Trilogy, a series of movies directed by Edgar Wright (Baby Driver) and featuring actor/writers Simon Pegg and Nick Frost: Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World\’s End (2013).The World\’s End is part midlife …

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