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Category Archives: Faith Shots
Notes on Breaking Bad Sermon Series: “Life in the Crawl Space”
The sermon series uses the show “Breaking Bad” as a parable to illustrate the power of sin and consequences of breaking away from God, When life breaks bad for us. The second sermon uses the program to illustrate Jesus’s parable … Continue reading
Notes on Breaking Bad: “Fillet of Soul”
The first sermon in my Breaking Bad sermon series was “Fillet of Soul.”John 12:1-7, Jesus’s teaching to fear not what kills the body but what kills the soul. Walter’s breaking bad was his breaking toward fear rather than faith when … Continue reading
Posted in Faith Shots, Film Shots
Tagged Breaking Bad, chemistry, faith, fear, Gospel of Luke, jesus, Walter White
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Sermon Series: “Breaking Bad (Ways of Being)”
Text: Luke 12:1-9 Sermon “Fillet of Soul” Jesus teaches the disciples not to fear those who can kill the body only, but he who can kill the soul. Living in fear rather than by faith when life breaks bad is … Continue reading
Posted in Faith Shots, Film Shots, Scattershooting, Sermons
Tagged autism, Breaking Bad, Breaking Bad Sermon series, Christian preaching, faith, faith and autism, faith and film preaching, faith and special needs, fear, Gospel of Luke, Jesus teaching, life challenges, life trials, living with autism, Luke 12, preaching and special needs, religious hypocrisy, soul, United Methodist Church, Walter White
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The Theology of Apollo
A clergy friend of mine posted on Facebook that she wished she was like the Space Shuttle, gently reentering the atmosphere and landing on a runway rather than old Apollo Capsule that plunged through the atmosphere and splashed into the … Continue reading
WikiLeaks: Double Standard Is As Double Standard Does, or Doesn’t
I am not a fan of double standards. I realize most people would claim this, but I think I really, really don’t like them. I have problems with people or political groups who claim to love America because of the … Continue reading
Sermon: “Great Balls of Fire”
Sermon: “Great Balls of Fire” AKA Elijah vs. Ahab and Baal K I Kings 18:22-39 http://www.christ4u.org/christ4u/service_6_16_2013_11_30am_christ_alive Christ Alive Band Sings Great Balls of Fire at 16:15 Sermon at 29:00
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Tagged Ahab, contemporary preaching, Elijah, faith, faithfulness, god, Great Balls of Fire, I kings 18, jerry lee lewis, Preaching, United Methodist Church
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Faith The Size of an Indie Filmmaker
As some of you may have seen on my Facebook page, I have been attending the Dallas International Film Festival this week. This is the fifth year I have attended and again I am inspired by the filmmakers who have … Continue reading
Posted in Faith Shots, Film Shots, Scattershooting
Tagged Beyond all Boundaries, dallas international film festival, discipleship, evangelism, faith, faith and film, Fever Year, filmmakers, independent films, jesus, Kilimanjaro, methodism, Methodist church, Sushrut Jain, telling the story, the gospel, the Mormon Movie, United Methodist Church, Walter Strafford, witnessing, Xan Aranda
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Sermon: Paradise Redeemed
From the “PULPit Fiction Series of Sermons:” Redemptive Acts of Jesus that outside of faith and relationship with God are fictional stories from pulpits. http://r.b5z.net/i/u/10092240/m/Sermon_130303_1130.mp3
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Tagged Adam Hamilton, crucifixtion, faith and film preaching, faith and film sermon, forgiveness, god, grace, jesus, John Travolta, Jules Winnfield, Last Words of Jesus, new life, Pulp Fiction, Pulpit Fiction, redemption, repentance, repentant thief, Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent Vega
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Extremely Close and Incredibly Profound
I wrote the following review to offer my thoughts and observations on the film, but also to speak to the ignorance of many professional and armature critics whose criticism of the lead character demonstrated a lack of understanding regarding children with … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, 9/11 attack, Aspergers syndrome, autism, Autism awareness, autism spectrum, community, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, faith and film, forgiveness, grief, grief recovery, healing, parental love, patience, Sandra Bullock, Special Needs, special needs ministry, The Church, Tom Hanks, World trade center
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