More Than One Lesson

In this sermon, pastor Tim Keller discusses the idea of Hell. There’s some pretty deep stuff going on in this one. I highly recommend it.

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In this sermon, pastor Tim Chaddick discusses the difference between essential convictions and personal convictions. It’s an important message that all Christians should hear.

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In this sermon, pastor Rankin Wilbourne of Pacific Crossroads Church in Los Angeles discusses the seemingly impractical act of observing the Sabbath.

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For the first of these sermon recommendations, we have “The Man the King Delights to Honor” by Timothy Keller, the pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City.

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In the church bulletin yesterday, there was an interesting quote from author J.I. Packer. I thought it was very relevant to modern Christianity.

If I were the devil, one of my first aims would be to stop people from digging into the Bible… How? Well, I should try to distract all clergy from preaching and teaching the Bible, and spread the feeling that to study this ancient book directly is a burdensome extra which modern Christians can forgo without loss. I should broadcast doubts about the truth and relevance of the Bible, and if any still insisted on reading it I should lure them into assuming that the benefit of the practice lies in the noble and tranquil feelings evoked by it rather than in noting what Scripture actually says. At all costs I should want to keep them from using their minds in a disciplined way to get the measure of its message. Were I the devil, taking stock today, I think I might be pleased at the progress I had made.

In this episode, Tyler discusses the themes of various classic Christmas movies.

In this episode, Tyler is joined by Meghan Witzke to discuss Alejandro Amenabar’s Agora.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:42- Intro/Corrections
00:03:25- Meghan Witzke
00:26:35- Agora
00:49:30- Inherit the Wind
01:01:05- Apologetics/Debate tips*
01:26:30- Episode wrap-up

*In this episode, I make reference to a blog I wrote called “How I Abused Apologetics.” It can be found here.

In this episode, Tyler discusses what we can learn from Lee Unkrich’s Toy Story 3.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro
00:02:55- Toy Story 3
00:46:40- Falling Down
01:08:43- Episode wrap-up

*correction: Tyler incorrectly attributes the quote “Where’s your Messiah now?” to the film The Bible, when it is in fact from The Ten Commandments. We regret this error.

Recently, I have become more and more fascinated with the time in which Jesus lived. The more I read about it, the more suffocating it sounds. There were so many rules, so many tiny, seemingly insignificant boundaries that a God-fearing person was expected to respect every single moment of every single day. If they didn’t, the local religious leaders would see to it that the person would be treated as a social leper. If they were lucky, that is. Death was also a frequent punishment.

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In this episode, Tyler is joined by filmmaker Cory Edwards to discuss being a Christian in Hollywood.