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What it’s like to Partner Creatively with God

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One of the greatest gifts God has given me is the ability to be a professional “creator”. I’ve known I wanted to create things for people since I was 13 years old, but for the next 17 years of my life, I failed miserably at it. Then God gave me an idea called Finger of God, and the rest is history. Now I make films and write books and speak in churches for a living, and I’m having more fun doing it all than I ever could have imagined. All that being said, God has brought me into a true friendship with Himself through all this, and as I’ve begun to learn, friendship brings with it certain…expectations. For one thing, I’ve learned that God doesn’t just want to boss us around, but He actually wants to partner with us. Contrary to what I used to believe, it appears that God [...]

Atheists Are Right That Christianity Sounds Absurd, but I Believe in It

By Darren Wilson · 8 Comments

From an outside observer’s standpoint, Christianity is kind of absurd. Think about it. We believe in an invisible man who lived over 2000 years ago in a series of backwater towns in the Middle East, was killed by some religious zealots, and then was magically raised from the dead three days later, after which he floated up into the sky and disappeared, thus becoming the invisible man we now believe in and pin all our hopes to. Oh, and on top of that, we believe in other invisible beings: angels and demons—who are all around us, helping and influencing us. Meanwhile, another invisible Spirit (the Holy Spirit) is constantly at work behind the scenes around the earth, keeping the whole thing straight and intervening whenever He can. When put that way, even I think it sounds crazy. I consider myself a fairly intelligent person. I’m a former University Professor, an [...]

‘God’s Not Dead’ and How Christian Films Are Kind of Like Horror Movies

By Darren Wilson · 2 Comments

Over Easter weekend, I went to see the film God’s Not Dead, which by all accounts has become a certified blockbuster in the realm of Christian films. Made for $2 million, at the time of this writing it has grossed over $48 million at the box office, which is absolutely incredible. I cannot deny its success. The problem I have is how exactly to talk about this film with others. There seems to be only two ways to approach Christian films these days. The first is what I call the “kindergarten approach”, where everyone is wonderful and everyone is a winner. This, of course, isn’t true at all in the real world, but since kids are small and innocent and cute, we go along with it and everyone gets a ribbon for trying their best. Sure, it’s not a perfect film, we say, but hey, at least people are getting [...]

Fear is Keeping us from a Life of Faith

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Being a Christian in the Entertainment Industry

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Throughout the history of the church, the message has been the central, defining feature of evangelism. Our services have been entirely built around this foundation—everything from announcements to worship to ministry serve as a kind of buffeter to the man (or woman) standing on a platform and telling us things that are supposedly important. While this has been quite effective for a long time, something new is being birthed in this generation—and that is the concept of media playing a central role in the spreading of the gospel message. Almost from the very beginning of cinema the story of Christ has played out on movie screens and (eventually) televisions around the world, and for the longest time the same concept as the church service has reigned supreme. The message is the thing. It doesn’t matter if it’s a terrible movie as long as the message is there. Unfortunately, this is [...]