Part Two in a series written by Denis Haack of Ransom Fellowship addressing the problem on how to live faithfully in a culture largely ignorant of God. The following is a portion of his article "A Model for Faithfulness" (originally posted at www.ransomfellowship.org - used by permission). ~Travis Stewart A Model for Faithfulness The Babylon Series, Part 2 ~Denis Haack Where Evangelicals Are Today At the time of the First Great Awakening (1735-1743), ...

In the winter of 2001 I had a choice to make; either I take a one week class in New Testament Greek, continuing my work on a Master's of Divinity degree or switch degree programs and sign up for a class called Movies and Theology taught by Denis Haack. Considering that I didn't feel called to ordained ministry and having parsed my quota of Greek verbs I choose to learn the language of film over the language of the ancients (after all, I figured, I know a lot of guys I ...

There Will Be Blood 2007 • Rated R Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson There Will Be Blood (2007) was recently named the Film of the Decade by Total Film Magazine. This movie—a grim retelling of the novel “Oil!” by Upton Sinclair—reveals how corruption and greed engulfs two men living during the oil boom of Southern California in the late 19th century. In doing so it leaves little room for hope and only hints at redemption through its conspicuous absence. No ...

Finally 2010 • Scholastic Press Written by Wendy Mass ~ Book review by Laura Stewart Meet Rory Swenson. In a few hours, her life will finally begin. Rory will be twelve. The day she has been waiting for her whole life. She will be able to get a cell phone, shave her legs, get an IM name, and more. While she begins to check many things on her list of things she can do when she’s twelve, a new movie is being shot at her school. As many of her friends do too, she ...

Gentlemen Broncos 2009 • Rated PG-13 Directed by Jared Hess Review by Ron Reed New Yorker's Richard Brody is rare among film critics in finding things to praise about GENTLEMEN BRONCOS, the third film from Mormon film maker Jared Hess (NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, NACHO LIBRE). One of the most audacious American movies of 2009, Jared Hess’s “Gentlemen Broncos” (on DVD from Fox) — a loopy comedy that blends frumpy down-market vulgarity with excremental humor and ...

~ Thanks to Ron Reed for bringing this to our attention: The Conversations (at Slant.com) is a monthly feature in which Jason Bellamy and Ed Howard discuss a wide range of cinematic subjects. This month, an extended, detailed and really substantial consideration of two Jesus movies... Jason Bellamy: I never followed the amateur filmmaking documentary series Project Greenlight, which was perhaps best known for having celebrity producers (Matt Damon and Ben Affleck) and for failing to discover any major breakthrough talents, but I'll never forget one of the episodes I happened to see. ...