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What’s Wrong with the Theology of BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC: A Case Study in Media Wisdom

MOVIEGUIDE® isn’t a traffic cop. We don’t tell readers in our reviews to go to this movie or don ‘t go to that movie. Instead, we tell you what’s in the movie, including the movie’s spiritual, moral, pol...

Great Hymns of the Faith: The Love of God

The Love of God: by Frederick M Lehman (1868-1953) Frederick M Lehman was born at Mecklenburg in Schwerin, Germany. He emigrated to America at the age of 4 with his family and they settled in Iowa. He became...

Nobody Does It Better Than MOVIEGUIDE®

People keep asking us, "Why is there a flood of Christian movies?" After THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST came out in 2004, there were many people around the world who claimed they marketed THE PASSION. The fact of t...

The Ultimate Power to Change

In a presidential election year, there is always a flood of movies, television programs and news programs, besides all the other print and jawboning, that want to change the country, thinking that power in othe...

Great Hymns of the Faith: What a Friend We Have in Jesus

We often sing hymns at church without ever learning the life experiences that inspired the rich lyrics. Such is the case with the popular hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" by Joseph Scriven, a man who truly...

A Classic Biblical Epic Shows Why Churches Must Oppose COVID Tyranny

The Bible says do not forsake the gathering of the saints, which refers to believing Christians gathering for church. As many people have noted, the church is not a building but the people. As many theologians...

12 Ways You Can Develop a Positive Christian Worldview

Note: This is part 4 in a series on Christian worldview. Read part 1, part 2 and part 3. How a Person’s Theology Shapes Worldview Here are some key doctrinal questions Christians can use to explain their...

How Understanding Worldview Affects Pornography, Abortion, Family, Schools

*Editor’s Note: This article has been developed from Chapter 10 of Dr. Ted Baehr’s book, THE SCREEN-WISE FAMILY. This is part 1 of a series on Christian worldview. This is part 2 in a series on Christian world...

This Is the Greatest Issue Facing Our Culture Today

“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.” ...

Why Is All This Happening?

Every day, several people ask, why are we having these riots, attacks on churches and censorship on social media. Social scientists could spend hours trying to explain the reasons why. Political Marxists and ot...

Annoying Misplaced Criticisms of Christian Movies

There are many valid critical standards to use in critiquing movies, including Christian movies. MOVIEGUIDE® has 150 criteria, including aesthetics, semantics, syntactics, ontology, worldview, etc. Almost ev...

Great Music, Great History: Music as a Mirror of History

If you love history and love music, MUSIC AS A MIRROR OF HISTORY is a great course offered at Great Courses as a video course (www.thegreatcourses.com) and on Audible as just the audio version. It is one of man...

The Bible as Divine Revelation: Another Look at the Museum of the Bible

The Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC has become one of the supreme museums for understanding and experiencing the Old and New testament Bible as the living word of God written. Several of us were on the in...

Stop The Slaughter

It is extremely important that we do everything that we can to save the lives of the unborn. It is also important to understand that abortion, euthanasia, and a host of other decadent horrors that we face in o...

The Spiritual Gift of Giving

Surveys indicate that the younger generations of Christians have many spiritual giftings, such as faith, wisdom, knowledge, and mercy, but do not give as systematically and regularly to missions and ministry as...