tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080491.post5104889322430411296..comments2024-01-12T09:37:16.515-06:00Comments on paleoevangelical: Christianity Today Is Making More and More Sense.Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07113808932788409800noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080491.post-13341187479976705592012-01-25T11:49:09.828-06:002012-01-25T11:49:09.828-06:00And now this:
http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2...And now this:<br /><br />http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2012/01/the-iron-lady-a-truly-meaningf.phpd4v34xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346680257860879900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080491.post-35846981396216832952012-01-25T06:56:58.744-06:002012-01-25T06:56:58.744-06:00It's hard to tell if Levy is being serious the...It's hard to tell if Levy is being serious there, and the difficulty of that discerment is exacerbated by the fact that I can't remember if Levy is a Truman alias or not. <br /><br />At any rate one can dispute whether the imposition of semi-pelagian thought on Miracle Max's utterance is different in degree or kind altogether from the discussion of typology and theme in "serious" films.<br /><br />Remember, Postman had much less problem with visual media used for narrative than for talking head, sound bite type (non) discourse.<br /><br />I am not much of a movie watcher at all anymore and I certainly don't want to be an apologist for Hollywood (or Sherwood), and, furthermore, I am all about authorial intent. <br /><br />But regardless of all that, if a story illustrates a concept, it illustrates a concept.d4v34xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346680257860879900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080491.post-6544184399134640712012-01-23T15:38:39.231-06:002012-01-23T15:38:39.231-06:00Perhaps someone agrees:
"There are few thing...Perhaps someone agrees:<br /><br />"There are few things worse than Christians over-analysing films and seeing ''the gospel'' and ''redemption'' all over the place when the actual director and writers had no intention of illustrating them."<br /><br />http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2012/01/miracle-max-and-semipelagianis.phpBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113808932788409800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080491.post-89661040129211781752012-01-23T09:32:32.103-06:002012-01-23T09:32:32.103-06:00Yeah, I saw their definition, and I get it. I thin...Yeah, I saw their definition, and I get it. I think it's a valid definition, inasmuch as it represents one usage of the term. But using *that* definition in a "Christian" publication to pump up the notion that the arts make a great contribution to the faith distorts what that faith really is.<br /><br />It's not that I have a quarrel with movies that show people straightening out their lives or helping others; I just don't like it Christian influencers masquerade moral reform as biblical redemption.<br /><br />And you're probably right about the medium. #MilltownPrideBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113808932788409800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080491.post-51173982599041635442012-01-23T08:15:29.242-06:002012-01-23T08:15:29.242-06:00I had only perused the list rather than read its p...I had only perused the list rather than read its preamble. CT gives their own definition:<br /><br /><i>As we do annually, we first roll out our Most Redeeming list—simply the year's best movies that include stories of redemption. Several feature characters who are redeemers themselves; all have characters who experience redemption to some degree.</i><br /><br />Which we can understand to not be the same as your definition. I would venture to speculate that your (proper theological) definition may require too much of the movie genre, which, by the nature of the medium, may only be able to do so much.d4v34xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346680257860879900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080491.post-5320470089776264812012-01-22T15:57:11.529-06:002012-01-22T15:57:11.529-06:00d4, thanks for clarifying. I thought it was a typo...d4, thanks for clarifying. I thought it was a typo and you meant "pop tart."<br /><br />The idea I had in mind when I published the post was more or less "to reconcile to God at a cost." I think that's consistent with the biblical picture.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113808932788409800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080491.post-12789857263462507552012-01-21T07:30:28.274-06:002012-01-21T07:30:28.274-06:00that should say popular art instead of pop art.that should say popular art instead of pop art.d4v34xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346680257860879900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080491.post-66391357627813748892012-01-21T07:29:55.244-06:002012-01-21T07:29:55.244-06:00Do you have a working definition or description or...Do you have a working definition or description or even an example of literary/pop art depiction of Biblical redemption?d4v34xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346680257860879900noreply@blogger.com