Current Issues

An interesting strategy to combat pornography shops

Marvin Olasky on the changing Evangelical attitude toward Hollywood:

ESPN.com: with a stirring profile on NFL coach Tony Dungy.

From Resolution #5:
”RESOLVED, That the messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Greensboro, North Carolina, June 13-14, 2006, express our total opposition to the manufacturing, advertising, distributing, and consuming of alcoholic beverages…”

Full Complement of Resolutions Here

Al Mohler indicts Evangelicalism for its low view of marriage.

Ken Fields writes on the latest Hollywood evangelism strategy in “Superman Points To The Savior”

The Washington Post looks at the growing house church trend.
HT: Ingrid

Ben Witherington affirms Rick Warren, while distancing himself from some of his ideas.

Mohler on B.C. and A.D. vs B.C.E. and C.E.

Mark Driscoll asks some pointed questions about “Holy Hollywood.”
Others:
“Should Christians view the trend of filmmaking solely for their niche market as a good thing as they are gaining respect or a bad thing that Christians somehow can’t just enjoy a decent mainstream film like everyone else?”
“Should churches open their auditoriums to watch films or is that a violation of “sacred space”?”