More Than One Lesson

In this sermon, Tim Keller addresses the complaint that we cannot, and should not, take the Bible literally.

In episode 66, we recommended several books.  You can find direct links to them below.

THE MEANING OF MARRIAGE, by Tim and Kathy Keller

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In this sermon, Tim Keller addresses the claim that the Christianity has been an instrument of oppression in the world.

In this episode, Tyler is joined by actor Jeff Newburg to discuss Jonathan Demme’s Rachel Getting Married and Hector Babenco’s Ironweed.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
oo:oo:45- Intro, Survey, Jeff Newburg
00:13:00- Rachel Getting Married
01:10:35- Ironweed
01:37:50- Episode wrap-up

In an event to curtail Netflix’s dominance over streaming services, Hulu has in recent years begun to adopt all sorts of motley programming into the fold, adding international obscurities and surefire major network pariahs to an already impressive array of successful syndicated TV titles.  When it comes to regular, dedicated viewing though, audiences still turn to the major networks for their comedies (The Office, Modern Family, Two and a Half Men (for some reason)) and the minor networks for their intelligent dramas (Breaking Bad, Justified, Game of Thrones).

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In this sermon, Rankin Wilbourne discusses the narrowness of the Sermon on the Mount.

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Steve Taylor’s Blue Like Jazz and Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:45- Intro
00:02:30- Blue Like Jazz
01:12:00- Paris, Texas
01:33:02- BP Video, episode wrap-up

Tyler reflects on the life of his father.

I remember as a kid, when my brother and I saw Back to the Future for the first time.  It was such a crazy concept to us; that you could actually go back in time and alter the past to change the future.  But at that time I don’t think my small mind could grasp the idea that changing the past could essentially take you out of the future.  Due to Marty McFly’s well meaning act of heroism to save his father from being hit by a car, he altered the first meeting between his parents, which would eventually result in love, marriage, and kids (including Marty himself).

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A few weeks ago I was talking to my Queue The Day podcast co-host about all the recent TV we had been watching and I mentioned how I was watching GCB for More Than One Lesson blogging purposes.  We asked for my thoughts on the show, I responded with the knee jerk, “it’s the least offensive attack on Christianity I’ve ever seen.”  At that point, I had only watched the pilot and seeing as one episode is never enough exposure to make any judgments about a theoretically long-running series (unless it’s Breaking Bad), my comment was more the result of a combination of the relatively unflattering picture that the mainstream media has historically painted of Christianity and GCB’s general lack of acerbity throughout its roughly 44-minute running time.

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