[First published in The Christian Post] I became interested in potentially misleading accounts of 20th Century revival history when I studied allegations of misconduct against Mike Bickle, the once revered leader of the International House of Prayer. Not only have allegations surfaced regarding predatory behavior, but manipulation using the famous “prophetic history “ and “revival …
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It took me three sittings to get through Nefarious, the Christian horror film recently released by Chuck Konzelman and Cary Solomon, starring Sean Patrick Flanery and Jordan Belfi. I was curious about this artistic endeavor both as someone who appreciates the power of story and as someone who grew up around demonization. If you’ve heard …
I binge-watched WandaVision yesterday, and aside from it being super creative, found it very sad. Witchcraft is being glorified so blatantly and flagrantly! I love a good story, I love allegory and superhero movies not only because story is valuable, but because current entertainment teaches us about the state of the world we’re called to …
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I’ve been silent the past few months because 2020 is deafening, but today a friend shared a link defending the Netflix film, Cuties. I had to speak up. The concept of porn having a deeper message is not revolutionary. People have defended porn by calling it art for years. That’s one of the cop-outs used …
Since Ottawa might only get a one-week screening of “Unplanned,” the autobiographical story of former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson, I figured I better show up. I caught a 1:45pm showing today after rock climbing, expecting that on a Wednesday it would be relatively empty. It was close to sold out. A glance at …
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