Movie Watching Opportunity #1
1. A good movie is an opportunity to meditate, mull over, and ask hard questions about what we believe.
Notice the phrase “what we believe”. Theology shouldn't come from movies. Instead, a movie should be like that nasty professor who always asked you those difficult questions about your faith that made your brain hurt. A movie can provide us with an hour and a half of hard questions that (when handled properly) should send us to our Bibles for sharpening.
The easiest way to explain this principle is by providing some questions that reflect this type of thought process. For example:
1. A good movie is an opportunity to meditate, mull over, and ask hard questions about what we believe.
Notice the phrase “what we believe”. Theology shouldn't come from movies. Instead, a movie should be like that nasty professor who always asked you those difficult questions about your faith that made your brain hurt. A movie can provide us with an hour and a half of hard questions that (when handled properly) should send us to our Bibles for sharpening.
The easiest way to explain this principle is by providing some questions that reflect this type of thought process. For example:
Does this movie allegorize Scripture in any way?
In what ways does this movie align itself to Scripture?
In what ways does this movie veer away from the Bible’s Truths?
When we question movies in this fashion they can sharpen our knowledge of the Bible (especially when discussed with other people) because we are now thinking as we watch. Our brains are now searching for truth and error for 2 hours instead of laying dormant for 2 hours.
Again, this point highly implies that we have a knowledge of the Bible as we head into our movie of choice. A sign that something is amiss is a desire for entertainment without a desire for Truth. In this scenario your entertainment will soon become your truth.
In what ways does this movie align itself to Scripture?
In what ways does this movie veer away from the Bible’s Truths?
When we question movies in this fashion they can sharpen our knowledge of the Bible (especially when discussed with other people) because we are now thinking as we watch. Our brains are now searching for truth and error for 2 hours instead of laying dormant for 2 hours.
Again, this point highly implies that we have a knowledge of the Bible as we head into our movie of choice. A sign that something is amiss is a desire for entertainment without a desire for Truth. In this scenario your entertainment will soon become your truth.
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