Thus says the Lord: "Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.
But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'" --Jeremiah 6:16

 

7 December, 2006   comments: (0) Today's Methods   Now Showing: The Hollywood Jesus Now playing at a theater near you "The Nativity Story", a PG rated retelling of the birth of Jesus. Evangelicals will undoubtedly rush to praise Hollywood again as they did with Mel Gibson's Passion movie, and the film promises to be a family blockbuster. We will again hear that the "voice" of the church has been heard and that Hollywood is listening. Really? Has the moral content of movies improved since 2004? Biblical Christians should know better than to patronize this movie, and here are some reasons why. We will hear repeatedly that this film is based strictly on the Bible. We heard it about the last film too; it's called "marketing". Here's an idea: Read through the narrative of Christ's birth in Matthew, then in Luke, and time yourself. If you read slowly and carefully, it might take half an hour, and that includes the time it takes to leaf through the rest of Matthew and Mark to find Luke. Do you expect a Hollywood blockbuster to last just half an hour? What might they do to pad the story? Tom Chantry (who pastors my church) explains what Hollywood has to do to make these biblical stories palatable to the world. Read more in this important posting on his blog. Then stop back here and post your thoughts in the comments below. Posted by: Jim B.   Link: http://www.oldtruth.com/blog.cfm/id.2.pid.545   Be the first to post a comment about this article        Home  |   About  |  Videos   |  Calvinism