The Truman Show (1998)

Watching Theology March 8th, 2010

Call it satire, call it an allegory, but The Truman Show is about something. In this production-delayed episode Duke and Joe look over Peter Weir's oddly prophetic take on television. Join us as we examine how Jim Carey represents a helpless philosophical captive striving for enlightenment, a brave seeker battling demonic forces, or an innocent thinker tormented by a cruel deity. How does a satire on reality television turn into an adaptation of Plato's Republic? Step into our "ca … (Read More)

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The Village (2004)

Watching Theology January 19th, 2010

People respond to trauma in different ways. Some find religion. Others re-evaluate their priorities. Some people, like those in M. Night Shyamalan's The Village, put themselves into an isolated 19th century town hiding away from the world. In this edition, Duke and Joe look at Shyamalan's parable of fear through the Watching Theology lens and ask, "What's the difference between a mythology of monsters and the Amish?" This episode is the second in "The Cave" ser … (Read More)

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It really is going to be okay!

Steve Brown December 14th, 2009

I'm writing this from the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove in the mountains of North Carolina. I'm at this wonderful conference center teaching two seminars-one for pastors/leaders and the other for "normal" people.

They house the speakers in log cabins (there are three or four of them) up on a mountain overlooking the natural cove while the people who come to the conferences stay at two fairly large and nice hotels. The log cabins are closed except to authorized pers … (Read More)

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Recover Your Good Heart (The Brown Session) - Jim Robbins

Erik Guzman July 27th, 2009

Last week on Steve Brown Etc., we talked with Jim Robbins about his book, Recover Your Good Heart: Living Free from Religious Guilt and the Shame of Not Good-Enough.

Now, available for the first time anywhere, fresh from the SBE vault for an unlimited time (all things remaining equal), here's the entire interview with all the juicy chunks we didn't have time for on the talk show.

(If you're on the front page of the site, click "Read More" to see audio player options.) … (Read More)

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Recover Your Good Heart - Jim Robbins on SBE

Erik Guzman July 24th, 2009

There are a growing number of Christians who are sick of being told that they're not committed enough, good enough and spiritual enough. But when enough is enough, are our only options to either fake it or bail on church altogether? If not, is there hope of getting any better? Jim Robbins has answers to those questions that come from the heart.

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cartoon: no words

nakedpastor March 17th, 2009

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This is an old cartoon I did a year ago. It’s one of my personal favorites. Even though I do simple black and white drawing with a basic black pen and sometimes some color, this captures for me how I’m feeling lately. Sometimes I just feel like I’m at the mercy. Fear and tears. But at the same time I feel there is a sympathy, an understanding, a compassion at work.

nakedpastor is David Hayward. … (Read More)

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