Category Archive: Movies

You gotta see this – Driscoll on Nightline discussing idolatry
Posted October 6th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard

Mark Driscoll was on Nightline last night.  I wish I would have known it beforehand so you could have had friends watch, but you can pass this on.  Driscoll is the pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle and the President of the Acts 29 church planting network of which Genesis is a part.  I [...]

“Expelled” and Intelligent Design
Posted April 17th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard

I want to let you know about a movie being released to theaters this weekend.  Expelled, No Intelligence Allowed is a documentary looking at the interaction between secular science and the theory of intelligent design.  Ben Stein, made famous by his appearance in Ferris Beuller’s Day Off- “Anyone, Anyone…” –   (he is also an [...]

The Bucket List
Posted January 25th, 2008 by Mike Hubbard

So, not many movies work to both entertain me, move me, and get me to thinking. Honestly, it’s probably because I avoid emotional movies like my dog avoids me when I have a rolled up newspaper. Usually, I’d rather laugh or be thrilled, but my wife planned our date night tonight, so we went to [...]

Dangerous Movies
Posted March 13th, 2007 by Ben Lancaster

Dangerous Movies
I saw the Astronaut Farmer this week (about a C+ on the Patented Lancaster Scale), and it got me to thinking, Why do we go to the movies in the first place? Aren’t these the kinds of experiences we should be having in church?
Let’s admit it right now. We can never make church more [...]

FoxFaith – Films You Can Believe In…Sort Of
Posted February 23rd, 2007 by Ben Lancaster

In his new blog, Benjamin Lancaster addresses issues of Faith, the Gospel, and the Arts. The topic for his first blog is the rash of Christian movies invading the market. What’s a Christian to do?

Films You Can Believe In…Sort Of
“What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians [...]