Posted in Film, General Culture on 29 May 2008
As with many phrases, “vote with your dollars” appears to be a compelling statement, but its exact meaning is not entirely clear. And more importantly, the logic of this statement is obscured behind its rhetoric. Just what does it mean to “vote with your dollars” and is it really something we ought to be doing?
Posted in Film on 22 May 2008
Alan Noble takes a look at the new Indy movie. When I first heard that Lucas and Spielberg were making a new Indiana Jones film, I wanted to track Lucas down and give him my $6.25 so I wouldn’t have to watch another classic franchise become lost to bad dialog and not-really-believable digital effects. I left our local movie theater 20 minutes ago and I am pleased to say that my fears were misplaced–sort of.
Posted in Film, Literature on 12 May 2008
Alan Noble kicks off Narnia-Week with a lament of the portrayal of Aslan in film.
Posted in Games on 28 April 2008
Alan Noble gives Grand Theft Auto a chance.
Posted in Music on 15 April 2008
Alan Noble shares some practical ways for Christians everywhere to help improve the state of Christian music.
Posted in General Culture, Literature on 11 April 2008
Alan Noble concludes a two-part series on how we can keep from getting carried away by this whole Pop Culture thing.
Posted in General Culture on 10 April 2008
Alan Noble begins a two-part series on how we can keep from getting carried away by this whole Pop Culture thing.
Posted in General Culture on 24 March 2008
Could an economic collapse be just what our nation needs?
Posted in Film on 26 February 2008
Editor of Movieguide, Tom Snyder writes,”Just because the secular movie critics and secular elites in Hollywood don’t like some of the movies we pick does not mean that they are really bad movies within the categories in which we pick them. In that sense, ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS was a very entertaining, uplifting family movie that kids would enjoy. The mainstream critics trashed it, but the American audience, many of whom still have strong vestiges of their Christian heritage, even though not all of them may understand essential Christian doctrines like the sinlessness of Christ and the biblical doctrine of salvation by grace through faith, not by works, seemed to like the movie very much.”
Posted in Film on 22 February 2008
Last week, Ted Baehr and the folks over at Movieguide.org held their 16th annual Faith and Values Awards Gala. The show is dedicated to awarding the best family-friendly films of the year and the best films for mature audiences. In addition, every year Baehr, chairman of The Christian Film and Television Commission, presents his statistical analysis of the Box Office profitability of films with Christian worldviews compared to those with non-Christian worldviews.










