The Hip Opinion

Well look here. Conservative Christian Movies!  My brother, the movie reviewing guy he is has started a new blog..Gee.. Looks like he was keeping it a secret from me. Now that I know he is blogging again I, of course, subscribed.

I always enjoy reading movie reviews from ANYBODY. But my brother’s christian conservative slant makes it that much more viable to study a movie. Is the movie really doing anybody good? Or simply pushing the boundaries as so many filmmakers and TV show makers do these days. We just got to show more to SHOCK people.

My bro has been reviewing movies and music for as long as I can remember. He is a prolific writer… If I could just convince him to move away from that typewriter, or 1980 word processor he uses and actually get a new computer and write for the web I do believe he could be a voice to be reckoned with.

Studying popular culture…Especially movies with consistent conservative christian (but not preachy) style of writing would do much good for the net. The internet needs good writers that deserve exposure. And I can always appreciate what he has to say…

A Christian Conservative and His Movies. I can dig it…Can you?

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Most religions are good… They all teach similar things. They all have similar beliefs with Christianity. Incarnation and life after death. Good stuff! Don’t they all pursue moral standards and guides to walk with a Higher Power?

They certainly don’t lead people to do the horrible things that we humans tend to want to do…You know, our backstabbing gossiping lying cheating murderous ways. I have never really studied Witchcraft or darker religions like Satanism but I suspect even they don’t condone such wicked things that us human’s get into…

“Tho shall become an outlaw” Is that a religious doctrine?

So what is different about Christianity anyways? Why not just do one that works for you? The USA has freedom of religion over here… Ya dig?

The one main difference I can see is grace… Unmerited favor. This Christian doctrine is in conflict with human desires to earn our way to God.

• The Buddhist Eight Fold Path
• The Hindu Doctrine of Karma
• The Jewish Covenant
• The Muslim Code of Law

In the Christian religion God already did all the work for us. Behavior has nothing to do with it. And when we believe it -He changes us. And we accept his help because we are thankful.

Oh there are tons of ways to look at religion and Christianity. But grace resounds throughout.

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; Eph:2 8

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I didn’t go to any church for a long time… I was a bit angry and trying to decide rather God was actually real… Or that perhaps my belief in Him was incorrect… I started questioning a lot of my hard studied theology….

I realize now of course that all that is in vain. The only way to find any peace is to “Trust and Obey” Yep, there’s no other way… Been there done that…

So, as a man without a church I have done a bit of looking around… I been over to the church that I first got involved in… It’s still about the same. Many of the same people… I love that church but is that were I’m supposed to go? I’m asking around.

Today I went to a medium size “full gospel church” Tulsa…The Full Gospel capital of the world. There was the usual hour plus of praise music, yelling out, jumping, dancing, prophecy, dream interpretation and tough talking… Then the actual preaching began…

There was a coffee shop right in the church… I got a $4.50 cup of mocha that I drank during the singing. The coffee wasn’t all that great but the service was good fun…I doubt I’ll join em tho… I’ll probably just get back to the good ol traditional church…Quit the jumping around scene…

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