Arrrrrrg!
After having lunch at Chipotle, I walked over to Northwestern bookstore to see what I could spend my remaining store credit on. I think I found something. It's sure to be deep, theologically speaking, and it's sure to contain, as Pastor John puts it, "mind-boggling, category-shattering truths."
Or not.
Nestled among much lesser titles and one shelf down and a little to the left from the literary magnum opus, The Purpose Driven Life, sat the book Swashbuckling Faith: Exploring for Treasure with Pirates of the Caribbean. It joins the ranks of "Finding God" in: Narnia, Harry Potter, and Lord of the Rings. I didn't know Hollywood was so adamant about portraying the Gospel in their new releases! That's reassuring to know...that "even a pirate movie, looked at through new lenses, can point the way to tangible riches of Biblical truth." (Wesemann, 2006)
Edit: Wow, just saw this post on Adam's (A Calvinist's) blog......EXACTLY!
Or not.
Nestled among much lesser titles and one shelf down and a little to the left from the literary magnum opus, The Purpose Driven Life, sat the book Swashbuckling Faith: Exploring for Treasure with Pirates of the Caribbean. It joins the ranks of "Finding God" in: Narnia, Harry Potter, and Lord of the Rings. I didn't know Hollywood was so adamant about portraying the Gospel in their new releases! That's reassuring to know...that "even a pirate movie, looked at through new lenses, can point the way to tangible riches of Biblical truth." (Wesemann, 2006)
Edit: Wow, just saw this post on Adam's (A Calvinist's) blog......EXACTLY!
posted by Jennifer at 4:16 PM
1 Comments:
I chalk the ability to discern the gospel in stories is because most stories deal in some fashion with the theme of redemption.
If not, at least it's conflict and resolution.
I learn much from many stories. It's a good medium to teach for those who listen.
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