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From The Big Screen To Real Life
Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Jun 12, 2008 (message contributor)
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1. Show Me The Money!
Contributed on Jun 12, 2008
A look at Biblical stewardship
*Intro>There are three impassioned phrases that have entered our common culture from movies starring Tom Cruise. ---In 1993, in “The Firm,” Cruise’s character desperately seeks to be received and forgiven by his wife for some indiscretions on his part, offering his tearful and impassioned apology ...read more
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2. Star Wars
Contributed on Jun 12, 2008
What pride is, why it’s so bad, what we need to do about it in our own lives.
Intro> Steven Spielberg and George Lucas would like for you and I to believe that Star Wars are taking place in a galaxy far, far away....and maybe there are star wars going on! It certainly wouldn’t in any way diminish God’s majesty if He has actually created other beings on other planets in ...read more
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3. Star Wars
Contributed on Jul 19, 2008
Dealing with pride.
Intro>Steven Spielberg and George Lucas would like for you and I to believe that Star Wars are taking place in a galaxy far, far away....and maybe there are star wars going on! It certainly wouldn’t in any way diminish God’s majesty if He has actually created other beings on other planets in other ...read more
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4. A Man For All Seasons
Contributed on Jul 19, 2008
Recognizing the God-given roles for men.
INTRO>In 1966, Robert Bolt’s play was made into a movie of the same name. A Man For All Seasons was a movie about Sir Thomas More. More, a member of the elite Privy Council of the Roman Catholic Church, refused to give his okay to King Henry VIII’s divorce to his wife and subsequent marriage to Ann ...read more
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5. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
Contributed on Jul 19, 2008
Looking around the table at the Lord’s Supper.
Intro>In 1967 a groundbreaking movie directed by Stanley Kramer starred Spencer Tracy in his last film ever (he died 17 days after filming it), Katherine Hepburn, who won the best actress Oscar for her performance, and Sidney Poitier. The plot revolves around a wealthy white daughter who has ...read more
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6. Back To The Future
Contributed on Jul 20, 2008
Final message at a church...helping people focus on the future.
INTRO>In 1985, Michael J. Fox, played the part of teenager Marty McFly, and Christopher Lloyd starred as Dr. Emmit Brown, a weird scientist who invented a time machine placed inside a remodeled DeLourian. Produced by Stephen Spielberg, “Back To the Future,” won the oscars for best effects and best ...read more
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7. Gone With The Wind
Contributed on Jul 21, 2008
How to avoid being tossed around by every wind of false doctrine.
INTRO>In the frigid waters around Greenland are countless icebergs, some little and some gigantic. If you observe them carefully and over time, you’ll notice that sometimes the small ice floes move in one direction while the huge masses of ice flow in another. The explanation is simple: surface ...read more