Category Archives: Television

BILLY GRAHAM ON 9/11

President and Mrs. Bush, I want to say a personal word on behalf of many people. Thank you, Mr. President, for calling this Day of Prayer and Remembrance. We needed it at this time. We come together today to affirm our conviction that God cares for us, whatever our ethnic, religious or political background may …

September 11, 2012 – 4:17 am | By Paul | Posted in Art, Current Events, History, Politics, Quotations, Talks, Television, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theology, World Affairs | Comments (0)

Life or Death in Black and White

Debates between the Christian worldview and the secular world view seem very popular at the moment. Richard Dawkins and the late Christopher Hitchens frequented the debate circuit. Currently on stage, Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis square off in Mark St. Germain’s  Freud’s Last Session. Recently cable television weighed in with HBO’s abbreviated  film version …

June 2, 2012 – 11:12 am | By Paul | Posted in from Paul, Movies, Television, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology, Videos | Comments (0)

Batman, Hancock, and Bishop Sheen

Many years ago Bishop Fulton J. Sheen delivered a television Christmas message entitled “Superman and Christmas” on his Life is Worth Living television program. With the enormous popularity of the movies Hancock and Batman, some of his ideas are worth re-examining.

August 3, 2008 – 12:52 pm | By Paul | Posted in Movies, Television, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theology | Comments (0)

GRACE (Not Eight) IS ENOUGH

He knows what it profits to gain the world but lose his soul; Willie Aames  was  on the top of the Hollywood world as teen star. Maylo Upton-Aames absorbed the pains and pleasures of this Present Evil Age; then she learned that the Greek word for “saved” is the same as the word for “healed” …

April 13, 2008 – 11:32 am | By Paul | Posted in Books, Men and Women, Television, The Gospel of the Kingdom | Comments (0)

Did the Kingdom of God Peek into American Idol ?

April 11, 2008 – 1:38 pm | By Paul | Posted in Television, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Videos | Comments (0)

“The Role of Zoey Brooks is Being Played by _________”

When Jesus challenged his followers to “Follow Me”, He suggested that they see the world as He saw it, and let Him rule their decision making process. Does the challenge mean anything less when offered by a pregnant, unmarried sixteen year old girl?

January 4, 2008 – 9:17 am | By Paul | Posted in Men and Women, Television | Comments (1)

Out Of the Abundance of the Heart, the Mouth Speaks

 Violating a social taboo has been a universal technique for generating laughter in a cohesive society. For example, in some tribal societies, the clown-shaman could make the group laugh by pretending to drink cow urine and enjoy the taste. This may be the Ur “shock” comedy. However, rather than universal, most comedy is social, that …

April 13, 2007 – 8:21 am | By Paul | Posted in radio, Television, The Gospel of the Kingdom | Comments (3)

The Sopranos: The Present Evil Age on HBO

From the days of the early Medieval theater, Satan and his demons- in whatever contemporary guise they appear – have been the most alluring characters on stage or film. Representing the world of this Present Evil Age in all its “glory”, Satan speaks the vernacular while the other characters speak Latin.              Subsequent Satans use …

April 11, 2007 – 2:26 pm | By Paul | Posted in Television, The Gospel of the Kingdom | Comments (0)

Apprentice or Disciple?

Like the eighteen apprentices on NBC’s popular series, the twelve disciples vied to win the seat by their master’s right hand. But the paths and the masters could not be more  different. Compare the Official Trump biography with that of Jesus.

January 9, 2007 – 2:24 pm | By Paul | Posted in Television, The Gospel of the Kingdom | Comments (0)

Jay Bakker: “Jesus is the Savior, Not Christianity”

Jay Bakker is the only son of TV evangelists Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Messner. Mr. Bakker is the pastor of the Revolution church inside a bar in New York City called Pete’s Candy Store and the star of a documentary film entitled One Punk Under God, running on the Sundance television channel.

December 14, 2006 – 12:17 pm | By Paul | Posted in Television | Comments (0)