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Would Jesus Say the Coronavirus is a Deserved Judgment on Wicked People?

by drmsheiser | Mar 28, 2020 | Culture & Movies

There’s been a lot of talk online about how the advent of COVID-19 is an act of God specifically aimed at judging wicked people. While there’s no passage of Scripture that refers to the coronavirus (really … there isn’t), there is an interesting passage in the gospels...

Christians, Christmas, and Such

by drmsheiser | Dec 25, 2017 | Culture & Movies

The latest episode of the Naked Bible Podcast just uploaded. The topic is on whether Christians should consider Christmas a pagan holiday. I hope you’ll give it a listen. I broke down the topic into two areas: the traditional date of Christmas (December 25) and...

What Does Earning a PhD Mean?

by drmsheiser | Dec 20, 2017 | Culture & Movies

What follows arose up within me in the wake of yet another soul-crushing example of the disturbing ignorance that passes for insight or knowledge in Christian Middle Earth. If you follow me on Twitter, you know I’m referring to a tweet that orgasmically exalted...

Exodus Movie: An Utterly Banal Waste of Time

by drmsheiser | Dec 21, 2014 | Culture & Movies

Last night my wife and I saw the Exodus movie by Ridley Scott. She talked me into it. She told me it would be something people would expect me to see and say something about. Pardon me, but if my audience is this cruel, I need to rethink what I’m doing online....

Why You Don’t Learn Much Bible in Church

by drmsheiser | May 17, 2014 | Culture & Movies

Just a heads up — this is another Naked Bible rant. Short answer: It’s by design. For the longer answer, keep reading. I came across a troubling, but completely predictable, article today by Mark Galli, an editor at Christianity Today, entitled...

Impressions on the Noah Movie

by drmsheiser | Apr 3, 2014 | Culture & Movies

I went to see Noah last evening. I had briefly blogged about it earlier to draw readers’ attention to Brian Mattson’s review, which I highly recommend. I’m not going to recycle his observations. I just wanted to share some impressions. This is s a...