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The Lioness, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Oh boy. Do they not know how much this would offend and therefore shrink their core audience? “Aslan has become a woman, or at least that’s the breaking news. Netflix is currently in discussions with Meryl Streep about playing the role of Aslan in The Magician’s Nephew.”
Are People Basically Good? Jesus Didn’t Think So (Video)
Tim Barnett responds to a progressive pastor.
Go, Gently
Melissa writes about the use of the word “gently.” “I am a person who cares about words. Words matter to me, and I believe that words truly matter to humankind. So it bothers me when I see that we are causing words to lose their meaning because of the way we use them. ‘Gently’ is a good example of this.”
Who Gets to Define a ‘Healthy’ Baby?
This is a valid and urgent question. “Christians should be the first to reject these insidious technologies of embryonic screens as contrary to the upside-down logic of God’s kingdom. Participation in such screenings is a moral evil. Exerting such control over our most precious biological processes and claiming we know best echoes the first sin, repackaged for today’s historical moment.”
Two Films That Defined the Future of Christian Politics
This is an interesting analysis of two films, though I’m not entirely sure they defined the future of Christian politics. Still, a good read!
Rethinking Our Mission Field
I really like where Ruth goes with this one. “Without downplaying the spiritual victories of the major league biographies, (which are incredible stories of God’s grace), I think we are overlooking a mission field. It’s ripe for harvest. It’s happening in real time.”
Flashback: The Joy of Forgetting What You Need To Remember
Ultimately, a strong system of productivity isn’t necessarily meant to help you do more, but to ease your mind, to calm your heart, to allow you to have confidence that your system is good enough, perfected enough, robust enough to grant you the joy of forgetting what you need to remember.
The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay on the Father, the greatest unkindness you can do to him, is not to believe that he loves you.
—John Owen
