The Gospel According to the Movies
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| Since its invention, film has been one of the most powerful
communication mediums in the history of the world. So what do movies
like The Matrix, Titanic or Hoosiers have to do with
the story of Christian faith? Their storylines are saturated with
scenes from the Larger Story — the story of the Gospel. As a
class, participants in A Reel Story: The Gospel According
to the Movies, taught by Brian Penrose, will view clips from a
variety of films that portray chapters from the Story of the Gospel.
Examining and discussing these scenes will help us view this very
familiar story in profoundly new and fresh ways. We will use
passages from Scripture and scenes from film to guide us along the
path as we remember the larger story that we are invited to
live from and participate in. "The starting point is the
storyline of the films many of us know and love," says Brian.
"The stepping-stone is the discovery that these stories
actually relate to and point to a larger story." |
About the Teacher
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Brian Penrose Brian has done
mission work in Nepal, Romania, Mexico and Western Europe, and has
served as a pastoral intern for SFC where he discipled young men and
lead a surfing ministry. He has used film to help teach the
scriptures in such diverse venues as the SFC youth program, a
training conference in Mexico, a public high school and one-on-one
evangelism. "Popular culture and film in particular, is
saturated with different aspects of the Gospel story. I am excited
to explore God's subtle and explicit fingerprints placed upon the
various voices of grace and redemption that speak from outside the
church," he says. |
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