13 Schizophrenic Impacts of Modern Tech
Technology has always caused cultural angst. The first time a farmer hitched a plow to a horse instead of hand-shoveling his field, someone had an anxiety attack. In the early 1800′s, petitions were started against steam engines that were racing through the
Jobs – Movie Quotes
Click here to read SPM’s review of Jobs. Jobs: What it represents is as important as what it is. … It’s a music players. It’s 1,000 songs in your pocket. Jobs: The system can only produce a system. A degree is a waste
Jobs – Movie Review
“You may see them as crazy. We say they are genius because the ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world usually do.” Jobs, the movie about Steve Jobs who founded Apple, left me so…conflicted. That’s not
Mortal Instruments: City of Bones – Movie Quotes
Click here for a discussion regarding the theology of the spiritual realm as presented in Mortal Instruments: City of Bones as compared to the Bible. Jocelyn: She’s not ready. Not yet. Luke: Yes, she is. You’re not. Clary: You’re a killer. A cold-blooded
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones – Review
Mortal Instruments is a hard movie to summarize, but basically the main character, Clary, discovers that she has special powers to fight demons and she joins others like herself as they fight against the demonic. While there is a lot
Planes – Movie Quotes
Click here to read our discussion of Planes. Hmmm… A crop duster wanting to be a racer—you ask me, more racers should want to be crop dusters. Dusty: Why would I want to be coached by a plane who doesn’t even fly? At
Dealing With Doubt
Christian speaker and Shepherd Project executive director addresses faith and doubt, one of the great taboo subjects in the church: For information about booking Craig for a conference or other Christian event, visit his website.
Truth & Scripture – Is the Bible Wholly True?
[button link="http://www.podcastrevolution.com/viewpodcast.php?pid=2823" variation="sky"]Listen via Podcast[/button] As August draws to a close, millions of young men and women are headed off (or back) to college where they will, hopefully, have their horizons expanded and their minds sharpened. Unfortunately, for those Christians among
Planes –Movie Review
The idea of someone dreaming of doing something greater than he (or she) seems cut out for certainly isn’t a new one. In fact, it’s not even particularly fresh this summer, as Hollywood just gave us Turbo, the movie about
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters – Review
The latest Percy Jackson film is a lot of fun as it tackles a number of very complex issues—and it does so with a PG rating! This story centers around Percy’s struggles with the gods, with family and with his
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters—Quotes
Click here to read Shepherd Project’s review of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters! Percy: Every day the story of Thalia’s bravery inspires me. Mr. D pours a glass of wine which turns to water, a result of a curse, and asks: How
Demons In the Bible
The Christian world can't seem to make up its mind about demons. On one side of the spectrum, there are plenty of Christians who never think or talk about demonic forces operating in the world today. On the other side,
Foundations For Responsible Biblical Interpretation, Part 1
Dr. Craig Smith walks through some basic tools that anyone can use to understand the Bible. This is live footage captured at the Pure Truth Pastors Conference in Harare, Zimbabwe in May-June of 2013. If you would like the handouts that
The Right Tools
In our recent pastors conference in Zimbabwe, Dr. Craig Smith shared about the tools for Biblical interpretation. He didn’t teach Greek or Hebrew. He didn’t teach about using various commentaries and dictionaries and a plethora of outside resources. He taught
Wolverine – Quotes
Click here to read Shepherd Project’s review of Wolverine. Wolverine: Go ahead and ask me where I found it. Ok – where did you get it? Wolverine: Well, I’m glad you asked. Wolverine: I’m not going to Japan. Yukio: It would be an insult