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Monday, February 6, 2012
Famous author Mark Twain popularized the Nineteenth Century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli's saying: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." If such a statement rang true in the 1800?s, it does so a hundred-fold today. Pick-up any newspaper on just about any given day and you can find two opposing [...]Read complete original post
Three Types Of Lies
Monday, February 6, 2012Famous author Mark Twain popularized the Nineteenth Century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli's saying: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." If such a statement rang true in the 1800?s, it does so a hundred-fold today. Pick-up any newspaper on just about any given day and you can find two opposing [...]Read complete original post
'Movies For Life' - 10 Films Vie for Top Spot
Monday, February 6, 2012
Fresh off its win at the Golden Globes, “The Artist” leads the pack of ten movies vying for the Best 2010 Movie for Mature Audiences, the executive producers of the 20th Annual Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry announced today.
The awards ceremony will be held Feb. 10 at the Universal Hilton Hotel in Universal City, Calif. in the heart of Hollywood.
...New Release: Bibleman 3 For All: Volume 1 (Genesis Collection) - DVD
Monday, February 6, 2012
A Bibleman Genesis Collection
Triple the villains . . . triple the value . . . on one DVD!
Silencing the Gossip Queen: The Queen and her thugs seek to destroy the church kids' group. But just as her scheme nears completion, Bibleman uses God's Word to foil her.
Defeating the Shadow of Doubt: Bibleman discovers that young Kayla has fallen under the spell of the sinister Shadow of Doubt. Soon even Bibleman begins to doubt that God's promises are real. They both learn a powerful lesson about relying on the truth of God's Word.
The Six Lies of the Fibbler: Bibleman takes on the dastardly Fibbler, known for spreading lies and causing havoc. The Fibbler's lying influence causes tremendous turmoil in the church youth group that only Bibleman can put in order.
...New Release: Bibleman 3 For All: Volume 2 (Genesis Collection) - DVD
Monday, February 6, 2012
A Bibleman Genesis Collection
Triple the villains . . . triple the value . . on one DVD!
The Fiendish Works of Dr. Fear: When Dr. Fear and his cronies pool their devilish resources in an evil sneak attack, even Bibleman finds himself crippled by anxiety and fear. But Dr. Fear soon learns that no one can frighten God, the source of a Christian's strength.
Conquering the Wrath of Rage: When El Furioso and his evil henchmen target a middle-schooler with their despicable Fury-dust, Bibleman and his courageous-but-inexperienced new sidekick trainee, Cypher, come to the rescue. Can they trust God to lead them to victory?
Incredible Force of Joy: The Villain Ludicrous has warped the attitude of gifted science student, stealing all the joy he should have received from completing his project. But Bibleman helps the young man see that when things don't turn out as expected, God is still our source of joy.
...New Release: Bibleman 3 For All: Volume 3 (Genesis Collection) - DVD
Monday, February 6, 2012
A Bibleman Genesis Collection
Triple the villains . . . triple the value . . on one DVD!
Lead Us Not Into Temptation: Luxor Spawndroth uses villainous software to tempt Bibleman's trusted friend, Cypher, and young school girl, back into their old lifestyles of unkindness. With help from Bibleman and Biblegirl, they discover God's way out of temptation.
Breaking the Bonds of Disobedience: That old nemesis Luxor Spawndorth has devised a plan to trick Bibleman and actress Lia Martinez into Disobeying God. With tempers flaring, Bibleman and Lia learn a powerful lesson from Proverbs.
Divided We Fall: The Wacky Protestor infiltrates the nation's most popular children's TV show, creating false footage that sets the Bible team at odds with each other. Will the Bible team figure out the scheme and destroy the evil plan before it's too late?
New Release: Bibleman 3 For All: Volume 4 (Genesis Collection) - DVD
Monday, February 6, 2012
A Bibleman Genesis Collection
Triple the villains . . . triple the value . . . on one DVD!
Jesus Our Savior: In this double-feature, Primordious Drool drives the citizens of Andersonville to trust in Bibleman instead of God. Bibleman must convince the townspeople to trust only in God to answer their prayers.
Fight for Faith: Not to be outdone by a new Bibleman, (Josh Carpenter) the Wacky Protestor lures VBS student leaders into his Animated Reconstructive Transport. Bibleman, Biblegirl and Cypher must exercise their faith in God to save the day.
A Light in the Darkness: With plans to drench the world in a hopeless cloud of despair, the Wacky Protestor uses his spasmodic, meteoronic, wacksonic cloud of darkness to discourage the youth group member. The Bible team gives a certain someone a lesson of his own in isolation and darkness.
...'CHRONICLE': A Fantastic Film
Monday, February 6, 2012Reviewing movies is usually fun, but sometimes when I go to review a movie, I have a strong suspicion that I won't enjoy it that much. Ordinarily, I wouldn't spend money to see it, but because I've built my podcast largely on sci-fi, fantasy and horror movie reviews, I feel an obligation to see and review every flick in those genres that I can as they come out. This means that it's very common for me to walk into a theater suspecting I won't have a good time and walking away feeling like my time and money were wasted. But there are those other times, when a movie could have turned out terrible, that I breathe a sigh of relief when it turns out to be a solid flick. This was not my experience with "Chronicle". I suspected it might be an annoyingly shallow film, but hoped for at least a decent sci-fi movie, based on the trailer. Instead, what I got was a fantastic sci-fi film that fans of the genre will kick themselves for not seeing as soon as possible. ...
The Church at Sundance
Sunday, February 5, 2012
by Marc T. Newman, Ph.D.
The whole idea behind edgy, independent film is that by prying themselves from the commercial grip of major studios, filmmakers finally have the freedom to tell the truth. Sometimes this works. Last year’s The Redemption of General Butt Naked and Higher Ground were intense explorations of spiritual life. Both films were challenging in different ways, but managed to maintain a respect for their religious subject matter. This year, Sundance again returns to tackle spiritual matter in documentaries and feature films. While no single look at Sundance can do the entire festival justice – there are, after all, only so many hours in a day one can watch movies – my hope is that my nearly twenty screenings will provide at least a representative sampling.
Film both reflects and creates worldviews in the minds of its viewers. Because of its culture-shaping, influential power, it is important for us to be aware of how filmmakers depict the relationship between world and the church. And even if some of these films find only small audiences, that they were official Sundance selections means that they were seen by other filmmakers. They got in. So they establish a sense of what wins, what is acceptable. As a result, we can expect more of the same, and we should be ready to join that cultural conversation.
As regards the church, my screenings at Sundance fell into five categories: the church triumphant, the church permissive, the church divided, the church rejected, and the church invisible. In this case, scoring only one out of five is bad...
Sundance Film Festival Review: Goats
Sunday, February 5, 2012By Sommerly Simser
A reoccurring theme in the films at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival was the desire and necessity of human connection. Goats, one of this year's selected feature-length films explores this theme through 15-year-old Ellis' struggle to balance the role of an adult and parent versus the role of a teenager. Directed by Christopher Neil, Goats is based on the book of the same title by Mark Poirier, who also wrote the screenplay.
Ellis Whitman (Graham Phillips) lives with his New Age mother Wendy (Vera Farmiga) in Arizona. Also living with them is Ellis’ goat-trekking, marijuana-smoking mentor Goatman (David Duchovny). Unbeknownst to Ellis’ mother, he has applied and been accepted into the same east coast prep school attended by his estranged father (Ty Burrell). Wendy is unable to cope with initial shock that her son will be leaving her to follow in the footsteps of his father, and fears this will disrupt the cosmic harmony in their relationship.
