John Frame and Theology at the Movies

John Frame is a careful thinker and skilled apologist and theologian. He has an online book entitled Theology at the Movies.

• Preface
  
• Introduction
  
• Should Christians Go to Movies?
  
• Film and Culture
  
• Questions to Ask of Films

I don’t agree with everything Frame says, but he tackles some important questions that are especially relevant for today. Anyone wrestling through issues relating to cultural awareness and relevance would profit from Frame’s work.

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“Movies Are Our Modern-Day Parables”

Lillian Kwon at The Christian Post discusses the trend of churches using movies in their services.

The growing phenomenon of “theater churches” and movie-like screens at the pulpits has more churches talking relevance in the 21st century.

The latest survey by the Leadership Network, which fosters church innovation, revealed at least 250 churches are meeting in theaters in at least 36 states. These theater churches are one of the latest popularized trends integrating culture and the gospel message to bring in the unchurched.

. . .

The majority of Americans are already talking about the content of movies or television programs—the most popular topic of conversation, Barna reported in 2003. And WingClips notes that most people can recount scenes from favorite films but only a few can recall the central theme of last week’s sermon.

“Let’s face it, movies are our modern-day parables.”

Read the full article.

See our related post: “Sermons vs. Sitcoms.”

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Ken Myers on Culture

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary recently featured Ken Myers, executive producer at Mars Hill Audio and author of All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes: Christians and Popular Culture, as the speaker for their annual Gheens Lectures. The MP3 files of the lectures are available.

• “American Protestants and the Problem of Tradition”
• “The Problem of Contextualization in a Decadent Culture”
• “New Wine in Blue Suede Shoes? Christianity and Pop Culture,” Panel Discussion with Dr. Russell Moore, Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., Dr. Mark Coppenger, and Ken Myers
• “Recovering the Word in an Image-based Culture”
• “Electronic Media and Restless Souls”

By the titles of his lectures, it looks like they will be both helpful and controversial.

HT: CurrentChristian

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