I have found another round of excellent posts around the internet, and I will share them with you! This week, we look at zombies, complementarianism, moralistic therapeutic deism, Faith, video games, and Oz. As always, drop a comment about what you liked!
Warm Bodies: Exhuming Humanity– Anthony Weber looks into both the book and movie “Warm Bodies” to find a too-true account of humanity, with some confusing messages along the way.
How Complementarian is the Bible? (video)– Philip Payne, author of Man and Woman, One in Christ (my review is linked), offers a presentation on the Bible’s view of women and whether it entails complementarianism–the view that women are to be subordinate to men.
What is moralistic therapeutic deism?– A fascinating post outlining the state of beliefs in contemporary Christianity. The post also goes into “debunking” this position. This is well-worth the read because we have essentially an entire generation of children who hold this position growing up in our churches.
Hebrews 11:1-3- Defining Faith– Edgar Andrews has a fantastic post up on how we define faith, in contrast to many modern notions and distortions. Edgar Andrews is the author of what I think is one of the greatest introductions to apologetics available: “Who Made God?”
Review: Of Games and God– I found this post on a book about video games and Christianity pretty interesting. I appreciated the notion that the issue is much more complex than some people paint it: “The simple truth is that those not significantly invested in the world of video games often lack a point of reference to understand and interpret this artistic culture. Rather than condemning those who have genuine concerns about this new medium, however, Schut takes the time to work through what they may have missed—as well as the places where their impressions may be correct.” Check out this interesting review.
Recommending Viewing: DIsney’s “Return to Oz” (1985)– One of my new favorite sites (and podcasts!) is “The Sci-Fi Christian” (readers know this is for good reason: I LOVE science fiction). Check out their excellent look at a 1985 Disney movie on Oz, which offers a different look into the world than either the new movie or the old classic.
J.W. Wartick - Reconstructing Faith 
Hi J.W. – Thanks so much for so kindly recommending my review of “Return to Oz.” If you have some thoughts on the film, I’d love to hear them!
Posted by Michael Poteet | March 15, 2013, 11:50 AMI confess that I have not seen the movie, but rather thought that just reading your post was worth linking to because it was fascinating.
Posted by J.W. Wartick | March 15, 2013, 1:43 PMHa! Never saw the sci-fi Christian site. Thanks!
“Return to Oz” was a much darker, scarier film than “The Wizard of Oz”. I think the entire atmosphere of the movie is tense, lonely, and lots of empty space. But it’s still a good movie, though, sadly, like many other great films (John Carter), it’s got a reputation as a bad movie.
I’m still waiting for a big screen adaptation of “Childhood’s End”… 🙂
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