We’ve All Missed the Point of ‘God’s Not Dead’ (It’s Blaxploitation)

 

He’s Shirley A. Live.

So…here’s the embarrassing post where I admit that I actually kind of liked God’s Not Dead.

Yes, it was full of terrible acting and hackneyed apologetics.

Yes, it was full of offensive stereotypes of Muslims and atheists.

Yes, for a movie supposedly about a philosophy class, it didn’t seem to have a clue what philosophy is.

And yet, taken on its own terms, it still kind of worked.

Will it convert anyone? Not with its beyond-tenuous grasp of teleology, biology and cosmology. Will it make Jesus cool again? Of course it won’t — Jesus was never cool. (Sorry, Jesus.)

But if you’re judging it on those terms, you’ve profoundly missed the point of God’s Not Dead — and of evangelical films in general.

What Christians Can Learn from the “Atheist Megachurch”

This is either the Sunday Assembly, or a really hip Eastern Orthodox congregation

A few weeks ago, news sources were buzzing over the “atheist megachurch,” the Sunday Assembly. Atheists, agnostics, and other assorted nonbelievers can now gather together every Sunday in major cities like London, New York, and Sydney, hear a humanistic and/or scientific message, and sing some songs. It’s the typical Sunday evangelical church experience, wrapped up in a neat little package, and without all that pesky doctrine.