At the Movies – Page 3 – A Taste of Grace with Bruce Green

Uncreation And New Creation (Waterworld)

Water World is a 1995 movie that takes place in a future world where the polar ice caps have melted and water covers the earth. Anarchy and chaos reign in what remains of human civilization (i.e., factions known as the smokers, drifters, slave traders, mutants, etc.). Like the Mad Max movies before it and The Postman after it, WW isContinue reading “Uncreation And New Creation (Waterworld)”

Think Bigger (Sarafina)

Sarafina is a movie that chronicles the plight of schoolchildren in South Africa under a government declared state of emergency that was instituted in 1976 in response to the Soweto Riots. This state of emergency lasted for thirteen years until 1989. During this time, 10,000 schoolchildren were imprisoned and 750 were put to death. Sarafina is the nameContinue reading “Think Bigger (Sarafina)”

The World That Once Was . . . And Be Again (2) (Field Of Dreams)

If we dipped ourselves in the waters of the fourth chapter of the book of Acts, we’d get a look at a church that was functioning as Resurrection Central. We’d see: Some people were disturbed by the resurrection of Jesus (v. 2). The Sadducees didn’t believe in the resurrection while others that did thought it was something that would happen onlyContinue reading “The World That Once Was . . . And Be Again (2) (Field Of Dreams)”

The World That Once Was . . . And Could Be Again (1) (Field Of Dreams)

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who plows up part of his corn to plant a baseball field because some voices told him to do so in the movie, Field of Dreams. When he is finished, a team from the past (featuring Shoeless Joe Jackson), mysteriously comes out of the corn to play on the field. The badContinue reading “The World That Once Was . . . And Could Be Again (1) (Field Of Dreams)”

The Way It’s Meant To Be (Roman Holiday)

Janice and I spent the night at my mother’s house recently. I was looking through her collection of DVD’s and VHS tapes and came across Roman Holiday. I had never seen the movie and it has Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn in it, so that was all the incentive I needed to put it in the VCR. Continue reading “The Way It’s Meant To Be (Roman Holiday)”

“There Will Be A Reckoning” (Cold Mountain)

There are a couple of scenes in the movie Cold Mountain that really speak to the biblical presentation of judgment. The first is when Ada and Ruby find Sally Swanger propped up and stretched out in her yard, her hands being held down by the weight of a split rail fence. Not far from her hangs the body ofContinue reading ““There Will Be A Reckoning” (Cold Mountain)”

There’s No Place Like Home (The Wizard Of Oz)

Somewhere Over the Rainbow is a magical song, isn’t it? As opposed to the endless number of trendy songs that soar to the top of the charts for a week or two and then are never heard from again, it’s a classic that has stood the test of time. There’s a reason for this. I’m sure part of theContinue reading “There’s No Place Like Home (The Wizard Of Oz)”

“There’s More To You Than That” (The Dark Knight Rises)

The Dark Knight Rises is loaded with spiritual themes—resurrection, good vs. evil, caring for the helpless (orphans), whether power is used to serve or to be served, and of course, redemption. One of the storylines of has to do with the saving of Selina Kyle. While she isn’t involved in the wholesale evil that Bane andContinue reading ““There’s More To You Than That” (The Dark Knight Rises)”

Who Is My Neighbor? (Crash)

“It’s the sense of touch.” “What?” “Any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people. People bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We’re always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much we crash into each other just so we can feel something.” Those are the opening lines from theContinue reading “Who Is My Neighbor? (Crash)”

The Once And Future King (Bobby)

Bobby is a movie about of the events leading up to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel, in Los Angeles California, in 1968. One of those events taking place was in the world of baseball where the Dodgers’ pitcher, Don Drysdale, had pitched five consecutive shutouts and was about to go for numberContinue reading “The Once And Future King (Bobby)”