by bradhuebert | Nov 18, 2013 | church, Faith, geek, movies, Uncategorized
The church doesn’t fare well in popular fiction. Think about cultural stereotypes of the church: Church is typically portrayed as hopelessly out of touch and naive—here I call Ned Flanders to the stand—or as an evil regime oppressing the rights and freedoms of...
by bradhuebert | Aug 22, 2013 | creativity
I haven’t written in awhile. That’s partly because I haven’t had much geekish inspiration, even after watching Elysium and Pacific Rim this summer. Good films, I enjoyed them. Especially Pacific Rim. But my heart never latched on to any writable...
by bradhuebert | Dec 7, 2012 | Faith, geek, heroes, movies, sci-fi, sin, spiritual growth, Star Wars, struggles, the cross, theology, vision
I am a Christian Geek. I am Rick. I am Batman. I am Neo. I am the Doctor. I am Aragorn. I am superman. I am Spider-man. I am Leonidas. I am Maximus Decimus Meridius. I am Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Cap, Hawkeye, and Black Widow. I am Obi-Wan, Luke, Han, and Leia. I...
by bradhuebert | Jul 13, 2012 | Faith, geek, movies, spiritual growth, theology
Last night I watched The Grey with some good friends. I’ll use that viewing experience to show you how you can use movies to live an epic life. Warning: I’m not going to spell out clear spoilers, but there are some references that will definitely shape how...
by bradhuebert | Jun 27, 2012 | Faith, geek, movies
In my last post I said the most important factor in determining which movies you should watch is the condition of our own heart. Now that we’ve looked inward, at ourselves, I want to give you some handles for looking at the movie itself. You can thank the...