Each Sunday in January, we're reflecting on a film's themes and Scripture, to see the God-thread in each, to discover how Christ completes its message(s).

In order to help us engage more, here are a few questions.  Feel free to use them in whichever context they’d be fruitful in: small group discussion, dinner table conversation, or non-Christian friendship.

"Irrational Man"

1. Using the 'Receive-Reject-Redeem' framework, what strikes you as being redemptive about this film?
2. Existentialism holds that you are free to define yourself and free from being defined.  In other words, life has the meaning you choose to give it.  List out some possible outcomes of living life this way.
3. Read Luke 14:25-27.  Discuss the 'hardcore' commitment demanded by Jesus.  Could Christians learn something from Abe's 'hardcore' existentialism?
4. At one point, referring to a dead philosopher, Abe says he was a Christian and "how comforting that would be".  Compared to other worldviews and philosophies, how is Christianity "comforting"?

Each Sunday in January, we're reflecting on a film's themes and Scripture, to see the God-thread in each, to discover how Christ completes its message(s).

In order to help us engage more, here are a few questions.  Feel free to use them in whichever context they’d be fruitful in: small group discussion, dinner table conversation, or non-Christian friendship.

"Goosebumps"

1. Using the Receive-Reject-Redeem framework, what is redemptive about this film?
2. Does it change your perspective to know R.L. Stine wrote the "Goosebumps" books to capture his childhood fears?
3. Read Genesis 27 and 32.  What do we learn about Jacob's character?  Why might it be important that Jacob is 'renamed' during the wrestle?
4. How should Christians handle culturally-acceptable experiences like scary movies and Halloween?

*Sorry this is belated!*

Each Sunday in January, we're reflecting on a film's themes and Scripture, to see the God-thread in each, to discover how Christ completes its message(s).

In order to help us engage more, here are a few questions.  Feel free to use them in whichever context they’d be fruitful in: small group discussion, dinner table conversation, or non-Christian friendship.

"Suffragette"

1. "This film is about human rights, not voting rights."  Discuss this statement.
2. Read Romans 8:28-29.  Draft a statement of Christian Identity, based on these verses (eg. "As a Christian, I am...")
3. How do you think God would view the suffragettes' cause?  What are you basing this on?
4. Rom 8:31 says Christians are "more than conquerors".  How is this possible?  What difference does this make to your life?

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Each Sunday in January, we're reflecting on a film's themes and Scripture, to see the God-thread in each, to discover how Christ completes its message(s).

In order to help us engage more, here are a few questions.  Feel free to use them in whichever context they’d be fruitful in: small group discussion, dinner table conversation, or non-Christian friendship.

"Inside Out"

1. Which of the film's messages can be affirmed by Christians?  Which need completing?
2. At one point, Joy says to Sadness: "Riley needs you."  How could it be argued that Christians "need" sadness?
3. Choose an OT prophet to read (eg. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Hosea).  Summarise what you discover about what breaks God's heart and what angers Him. 
4. Biblically, do you think there is a difference between 'joy' and 'happiness'?  Why/why not?

Image credit: http://www.tehelka.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Inside-Out.jpg

Each Sunday in January, we're reflecting on a film's themes and Scripture, to see the God-thread in each, to discover how Christ completes its message(s).

In order to help us engage more, here are a few questions.  Feel free to use them in whichever context they’d be fruitful in: small group discussion, dinner table conversation, or non-Christian friendship.

"Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens"

1. Why do you think the Star Wars franchise has enjoyed popularity?  Which universal themes is it touching on?
2. Consider the Story of God as 'Creation-Fall-Redemption-Restoration'. Identify moments in your life as a Christian that fit with each part of this story. 
3. The heroes of Star Wars seem to cling onto the promise of a better world.  How does the Christian understanding of heaven agree and disagree with the film's promise?
4. How does Christ perfect the twin truths of Imagination and Adventure?  How does the Christian life do the same?
5. As it stands in your life at the moment, how would you answer the question, "What are you fighting for?"

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