In Sermon Illustrations: "Movies"

One Morning The Pope And Jessie Jackson Were ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 20, 2002

One morning the Pope and Jessie Jackson were having a summit on a lake in a boat about two miles off shore. Reporters were watching these leaders from the shore line and were taking notes to be used in a news article the next day. All of a sudden the wind began to grow fierce and blew off the ...read more

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Malcolm Muggeridge, A British Writer, Tv Host ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Thomas on Feb 27, 2004

Malcolm Muggeridge, a British writer, TV host and editor of a popular magazine puts it well when he points out that when we are enticed to laugh about immorality, our resistance is weakened. And if we laugh enough, we ...read more

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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Biblical Cinema Growth: The Passion Of The Christ ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006

Biblical Cinema Growth: The Passion of The Christ movie (earned more than $370 million in North America alone) may be the forerunner of a ‘renaissance’ in Christian film. Several new Bible-based blockbusters are on their way claims Richard Gazolwski, President of WYSIWYG Filmworks. They are The ...read more

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Mixed Messages: A Recent Harvard School Of Public ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Mixed Messages: A recent Harvard School of Public Health study confirmed what entertainment consumers already suspected: “ratings creep” in the last decade has allowed more profanity, violence and sexual content in the same movie ratings categories. At the same time the FTC imposed ...read more

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According To The Parents Television Council. Mtv ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

According to the Parents Television Council. MTV has roughly three times as many sexual incidents throughout the day as ABC, CBS, NBC or Fox do at 10 ...read more

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The Passion Of The Christ

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The Passion of The Christ won the top honor at the 13th annual Movieguide Faith & Values Awards. Mel Gibson’s film won the $50,000 Epiphany Prize for the most inspirational movie of ‘04. Each year the Templeton Foundation bestows the awards to films and television programs that are ...read more

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Daily North Americans Average 4 Hours And 24 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Daily North Americans average 4 hours and 24 minutes viewing TV, 1 hour and 21 minutes more than the world average. ...read more

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Mtv Is Watched By 73% Of Boys And 78% Of Girls ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

MTV is watched by 73% of boys and 78% of girls ages 12 to 19. The network averages 13 sexual scenes per hour. (Foster ...read more

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G-Rated Most Profitable: The Average G-Rated Film ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

G-Rated Most Profitable: The average G-rated film is 11 times more profitable than its R-rated counterpart, but the film industry made more than 12 times as many R-rated as G-rated movies from ’89 –’03. This is according to a recent study by The Dove Foundation. 51.4% of movies released in this ...read more

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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment And The Dove ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and The Dove Foundation are partnering to help consumers searching for family-friendly entertainment. The Dove Family Approved Seal gauges the levels of questionable content. For a list of titles ...read more

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Christian Nation: After Years Of Complaining ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Christian Nation: After years of complaining about Hollywood, conservative Catholics and Evangelical Christians are gaining traction. But the battle is a long way from over, and the culture is still up for grabs. Many of these developments stem more from a long-overdue recognition of the importance ...read more

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64% Of All Network Tv Shows Have Some Sexual ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

64% of all network TV shows have some sexual content, up from 56% of all shows 4 years ago. (Foster ...read more

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Tv Ratings: A Majority Of Parents With Children ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

TV Ratings: A majority of parents with children under age 18 say they use the TV ratings system developed by the major networks to guide their kids’ TV viewing (53%), but 41% do not use them, according to a study ...read more

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On An Average Day, About Half The Kids In America ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

On an average day, about half the kids in America watching TV view the Nickelodeon channel. (Foster ...read more

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In Beverly Hills ... They Don't Throw Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

In Beverly Hills ... they don’t throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows. Woody Allen (b. 1935), U.S. filmmaker, and Marshall Brickman, ...read more

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The Average Born Again Christian Spends More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

The average born again Christian spends more time watching TV in one evening than Bible reading in ...read more

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68% Of Americans Believe The Entertainment ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

68% of Americans believe the entertainment industry has lost touch with viewer’s moral ...read more

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Wizard Appeal 84% Of U.s. Teens Have Read Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Wizard Appeal 84% of U.S. teens have read or watched Harry Potter. So have 77% of all church-going and born again Christian teens. Just 4% say they’ve encountered any teaching or discussions in a church about the spiritual themes embedded in the wizardry legend. Among born again teens it’s 13%. ...read more

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67% Of U.s. Adults Trust The Media Compared To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

67% of U.S. adults trust the media compared to 59% who trust the ...read more

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Global Entertainment And Media Will Grow To $41.8 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Global Entertainment and media will grow to $41.8 trillion by ’09 says PriceWaterhouseCooper. Movie box office performance declined 6.2% in ’05, but video sales should reach $26.9 billion by ’09 and rentals ...read more

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