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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Book Comment: What Christianity is All About
What Christianity Is All About. How You Can Know and Enjoy God (1999) is a highly readable book of apologetics which talks about God, revelation, the Bible, Jesus, salvation, man, the Holy Spirit, the Church, Satan, and eschatology. The main thing I took from the book is the idea of categories of belief, which the author defines using biblical references. To quote the author, Alan Scholes, "The New Testament writers themselves held more than one category of belief. They held some beliefs as non-negotiable for all Christians, others as matters of individual conscience on which believers could have diversity of understanding without disunity, and other beliefs as solely matters of personal preference or style."
The three categories of belief outlined by Scholes are convictions, persuasions, and opinions. He gives several examples.
Convictions: the Trinity, the deity of Christ, and salvation by grace through faith.
Persuasions: millenial views, the age of the Earth, the exact nature of Heaven and Hell.
Opinions: the best Bible translation, the proper model for church government.
Holding every belief on a conviction level is divisive and unbiblical; it may even be idolatrous and heretical. Understanding that Christians may disagree on some subjects and still be recognized as legitimate Christians is one basis for Christian unity.
The three categories of belief outlined by Scholes are convictions, persuasions, and opinions. He gives several examples.
Convictions: the Trinity, the deity of Christ, and salvation by grace through faith.
Persuasions: millenial views, the age of the Earth, the exact nature of Heaven and Hell.
Opinions: the best Bible translation, the proper model for church government.
Holding every belief on a conviction level is divisive and unbiblical; it may even be idolatrous and heretical. Understanding that Christians may disagree on some subjects and still be recognized as legitimate Christians is one basis for Christian unity.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Film Comment: Forbidden Games
The 1952 French film, Forbidden Games (Les jeux interdits) , won numerous best film awards including a 1952 special foreign film Academy Award and a Golden Lion best actress award for the five-year old Brigitte Fossey . Some of the published comments describe the film as "childhood innocence corrupted," "the horrors of war through the eyes of children," "children using their powers of fantasy and denial to deal with death in wartime." It is a film which is both funny, creepy, horrifying, and incredibly sad. The children are real children, not little adults.
Paulette (Brigitte Fossey) really is the center of the film. Film critic Roger Ebert says of her, "Fossey's face becomes a mirror that refuses to reflect what she must see and feel." And it is her eyes that house the mirror.
The plot of the film: a young girl is orphaned in a Nazi air attack on civilians fleeing from Paris and is taken in by a ten-year old boy and his family. The boy helps Paulette secretly bury her dog, which died along with her parents in the air raid. Worried that the dog is alone in the ground, the children begin to bury other dead animals and they create a secret cemetery, stealing crosses to place on each grave. They build an elaborate fantasy world around the cemetery. The fantasy world will, of course, eventually come crashing down.
In this film, as with most others I view, I appreciate and understand the artistry and intentions of the filmmakers. I also see things which may or may not have originally been intended; specifically, I see things through a Christian lens.
The main thing which I see in this film is how all the adults failed the children. The Nazis callously killed adults and children alike with their air raids. The adults who pulled Paulette onto their wagon were so intent on their escape that they failed to restrain or go after Paulette when she jumped off the wagon to retrieve her dead dog. The kindly and basically well-meaning peasant family who took Paulette in were so wrapped up in their sometimes silly adult dealings that they basically ignored the children because they were "just" children. The priest is more interested in catechisms and confessions and correct ritual than in understanding the children. The government officials who come for Paulette want to make sure their papers are properly completed. The kind nun at the train station tells Paulette to quietly sit on a bench and then leaves her alone. None of the adults, except for the Nazis, are "bad people." They just fail to actually see the children. Sometimes you have to take a crayon, get down on the floor, and color with a child.
Paulette (Brigitte Fossey) really is the center of the film. Film critic Roger Ebert says of her, "Fossey's face becomes a mirror that refuses to reflect what she must see and feel." And it is her eyes that house the mirror.
The plot of the film: a young girl is orphaned in a Nazi air attack on civilians fleeing from Paris and is taken in by a ten-year old boy and his family. The boy helps Paulette secretly bury her dog, which died along with her parents in the air raid. Worried that the dog is alone in the ground, the children begin to bury other dead animals and they create a secret cemetery, stealing crosses to place on each grave. They build an elaborate fantasy world around the cemetery. The fantasy world will, of course, eventually come crashing down.
In this film, as with most others I view, I appreciate and understand the artistry and intentions of the filmmakers. I also see things which may or may not have originally been intended; specifically, I see things through a Christian lens.
The main thing which I see in this film is how all the adults failed the children. The Nazis callously killed adults and children alike with their air raids. The adults who pulled Paulette onto their wagon were so intent on their escape that they failed to restrain or go after Paulette when she jumped off the wagon to retrieve her dead dog. The kindly and basically well-meaning peasant family who took Paulette in were so wrapped up in their sometimes silly adult dealings that they basically ignored the children because they were "just" children. The priest is more interested in catechisms and confessions and correct ritual than in understanding the children. The government officials who come for Paulette want to make sure their papers are properly completed. The kind nun at the train station tells Paulette to quietly sit on a bench and then leaves her alone. None of the adults, except for the Nazis, are "bad people." They just fail to actually see the children. Sometimes you have to take a crayon, get down on the floor, and color with a child.
Monday, January 9, 2012
National Championship Football Game
Please forgive me this indulgence. I am excited about the University of Alabama football team playing tonight against the Louisiana State University team for the national championship of college football. Both teams are in the same football conference, The Southeastern Conference, and amazingly, in the same division of the conference.
The videos below are of Sara Evans, an outspoken Christian, singing the United States national anthem at an Alabama football game and of her husband, Jay Barker, also an outspoken Christian, who is now a radio talk show host but was formerly a collegiate (University of Alabama, of course) and professional football player.
Update: The University of Alabama football team defeated the Louisiana State University team 21-0 to win the national collegiate championship.
The videos below are of Sara Evans, an outspoken Christian, singing the United States national anthem at an Alabama football game and of her husband, Jay Barker, also an outspoken Christian, who is now a radio talk show host but was formerly a collegiate (University of Alabama, of course) and professional football player.
(Some videos will not play properly when you click on the triangle. Instead, click on the title line in the picture and the video will begin . When the video is completed, close the You Tube pop-up window to return to this blog.)
Update: The University of Alabama football team defeated the Louisiana State University team 21-0 to win the national collegiate championship.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Rhema Marvanne Sings "Amazing Grace"
Rhema Marvanne Voraritskul is a gospel music singer, a pianist, and an actress. She is ten years old, born in Texas (USA) in 2002. She is of Thai-Caucasian ancestry. The Rhema Marvanne Story: (Some videos will not play properly when you click on the triangle. Instead, click on the title line in the picture and the video will begin . When the video is completed, close the You Tube pop-up window to return to this blog.)
Rhema sings "Amazing Grace."
Rhema sings "Amazing Grace."
Saturday, January 7, 2012
The First Religious Broadcast on Radio
0n 22 January 1921 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA), Radio station KDKA broadcasted the regular Sunday morning worship service of the Calvary Episcopal Church . Today, Christian broadcasting remains on radio worldwide. About 1949, some radio evangelists began to move into the new medium of television.
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