Ep 851 | 'Church at the Movies:' Helpful or Heretical?

Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey

Blaze Podcast Network

News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

4.6 • 19.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Today we're talking about the growing trend of movie-themed church sermons and series. We discuss Saddleback Church's recent "At the Movies" sermon series, which featured sermons on "Toy Story" and "Top Gun" and how those stories reflect some spiritual truths about us. We explain how the problem isn't stories or films themselves, many of which can indeed reflect biblical truths, but the focus on ourselves. Saddleback claims that "movies are a reflection of us – each story shows us a glimpse of the human experience." But church isn't about us, nor should it be. We explain the seemingly incessant need some churches feel to be seeker-friendly at all costs – sometimes even at the cost of biblical literacy. We also discuss a recent controversial Jamie Foxx Instagram post and the mob of teens who overtook Union Square in New York City last week. --- Timecodes: (01:03) Intro (07:34) Church at the Movies (43:50) Jamie Foxx's Instagram post (52:04) New York City riots --- Today's Sponsors: Carly Jean Los Angeles — use promo code 'ALLIEB' to save 25% off your first order at CarlyJeanLosAngeles.com! ExpressVPN — have more anonymity online. Go to ExpressVPN.com/ALLIE and get three extra months FREE. Bambee — You run your business. Let Bambee run your HR. Go to bambee.com and type in "RELATABLE" at checkout. Jase Medical — get up to a year’s worth of many of your prescription medications delivered in advance. Go to JaseMedical.com today and use promo code “ALLIE”. --- Relevant Episodes: Ep 830 | Southern Baptist Debate: Female Pastors? | Guest: Pastor Tom Ascol https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-830-southern-baptist-debate-female-pastors-guest/id1359249098?i=1000618662036 Ep 765 | Can Women Be Pastors? SBC vs. Saddleback | Q&A https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-765-can-women-be-pastors-sbc-vs-saddleback-q-a/id1359249098?i=1000603031549 --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.5	Several churches across the country,
0:02.4	including Saddleback Church in California,
0:05.6	have done an at-the-movie sermon series,
0:09.0	where their series are based on popular movies.
0:14.4	Is this an acceptable way to attract people to church,
0:17.8	or is this an unbiblical distraction
0:21.3	that we should be wary of?
0:23.4	That's what we're going to spend most of our time
0:25.2	discussing today.
0:26.1	We'll also get to a couple more stories,
0:27.7	one about Jamie Foxx being accused
0:29.4	of antisemitism, and the author about the chaos
0:34.2	that ensued in New York City last week.
0:37.5	What do all of these things tell us about the gospel,
0:40.5	about the word of God, about human's neediness for Christ?
0:44.8	We'll get into all of that today
0:46.4	on this episode of Relatable,
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0:54.4	Hey, guys, welcome to Relatable.
1:05.7	Happy Monday.
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