In his latest Rocky movie, Sly states that the main thing in life is how much a punch you can take and still keep moving forward. Using this movie, Robbie Foreman, illustrates the general principle that Jesus came, in part, to show us a better way to live — a way that went beyond the world’s options. He showed creativity and humble strength when responding to adversity. In this teaching we are encouraged to do the same. Passages from Judges 15 (Samson) and Matthew illustrate the point
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Would Jesus have talked about Spiderman? Maybe, if it helped you discover what is in your heart and the consequences it has for your life. You become what is in your heart.
Movie Clip: http://youtube.com/watch?v=33eruGh3hG0
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Evan Almighty served as a launching pad for Tim Howard’s message about life as a Christian. “It isn’t easy, it’s uncomfortable, it makes you change, you hardly ever get all the information when you want it, but you get it when you need it, and God’s sufficient. Ultimately, Tim presents a challenge to the Beyond family to practice “Giving Ourselves Away” in order to follow the example that Jesus set for us.
Movie Clip used: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIdzDtLGCxg
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Shrek 3 has several plot twists that are based on either lying or misleading. This latest Shrek installment serves as a great starter for looking at the topic of lying and truth-telling. “How and When to Lie” is Art Morris’ message that pulls all this together. He observes that lying is wrong because it’s against God’s nature. But it’s also wrong for us as individuals because it always causes more trouble in the long run. Passages from Exodus 1 and Joshua 2 are foundation stories and other passages support the principles.
Clip used to start the message: http://youtube.com/watch?v=me4fp655o6k
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The latest Pirate’s installment, “At World’s End”, serves as a launching pad for Eric Kramer’s discussion about heaven and hell. Much of the time Christianity focuses “escape theology”. However, God has given us tastes of hell here on earth. And, Jesus talked about bringing the Kingdom of God to the here and now, that’s a taste of heaven. Many people doubt God and doubt an afterlife. Eric’s answers to skeptic’s questions show that since our soul’s are eternal, then hell is a consistent result of a God who allows, in His mystery, an element of free will fused with justice.
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