The movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor among Thieves (directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, Paramount Pictures, 2023) centers on a quest to retrieve a…
In the movie Cheaper by the Dozen (directed by Shawn Levy, 20th Century Fox, 2003, 1:17:56–1:19:28), the mother of twelve children has written a book about…
In the TV series Silo (created by Graham Yost, AMC Studios, 2023), people live in a large underground silo, adhering to strict regulations that they think…
In Paul’s day, for gentile Christians, circumcision became like a form of “virtue signaling.” It created a pretense, or an appearance, of righteousness that…
Plato’s famous “Allegory of the Cave” draws a contrast between that which is subjective, relative, temporal, and fake, and that which is objective, absolute,…
God’s grace is the foundation for the formation of Christian character. Our ability to persevere through suffering and develop the hope that Paul describes…
Near the end of Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith (directed by George Lucas, 20th Century Fox, 2005, 1:56:26–1:56:53), we see the exile of Yoda…
The TV series Outer Range (created by Brian Watkins, Amazon Studios, 2022) tells the story of a Wyoming rancher, Royal Abbott, who fights for his land…
In Disney’s remake of Beauty and the Beast (directed by Bill Condon, Walt Disney Pictures, 2017), the cursed prince, the Beast, is slowly transformed by the…
Make-A-Wish is a wonderful foundation that makes dreams come true for children who have major sicknesses. It’s a wonderful example of grace. The children…
Household filters can be a simple illustration of the need for repentance. Heating and air conditioning filters, water filters, and even car air filters…