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The internet gives Christians a virtual platform from which to survey the theological landscape and spot from a long way off the horrifying wrongness of others, and then it is a tool by which we can to correct them, by name, in a tweet, Facebook or Instagram post, or long-form blog post. But what does the Bible say? Should Christians critique others and call each other out by name for theological error or sin? Under what circumstances? In what manner? And how often?
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Anne Kennedy about her online-exclusive article, “Naming Names: Why It’s OK (and Necessary) to Call Out False Teachers and Fugitives from Church Justice by Name“. https://www.equip.org/article/naming-names-why-its-ok-and-necessary-to-call-out-false-teachers-and-fugitives-from-church-justice-by-name/

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Other articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author
Episode 140 The Theological “Mess” in the “Moxie” of Jen Hatmaker
The Theological “Mess” in the “Moxie” of Jen Hatmaker
The Unhindered Leadership of Jen Hatmaker
Have You Considered Trying Harder: The Theology of Rachel Hollis
Episode 136 Have You Considered Trying Harder: The Theology of Rachel Hollis
The Theological Legacy of Rachel Held Evans
Episode 125 The Theological Legacy of Rachel Held Evans
Episode 147 Book Review of Modern Kinship: A Queer Guide to Christian Marriage and An Evaluation of 2019 Evolving Faith Conference
A Helper Like Me: A Review of Modern Kinship: A Queer Guide to Christian Marriage by David and Constantino Khalaf
Episode 151 Am I a Bad Christian for Watching Hallmark Christmas Movies?
Am I a Bad Christian for Watching Hallmark Christmas Movies?
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This film review examines the artfulness and cinematographic symbolism that makes The Two Popes spiritually uplifting, while also providing philosophical tools to assess its core message of postmodern change for the Roman Catholic Church. The 2020 Oscar nominated film portrays a friendship between Cardinals Joseph Ratzinger and Jorge Bergoglio who became the modern-day two popes–Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis.

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Jason Monroe about his online-exclusive article, “A Cinematic Call to Change: Postmodern Reform in The Two Popes.” Coming Soon! https://www.equip.org/article/a-cinematic-call-to-change-postmodern-reform-in-the-two-popes/


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A Window into the Theological Vision of Pope Francis

The Light of the World Church (TLOW), with over 15,000 temples in 58 countries, claims to be the restoration of the early church of Christ. Although official doctrinal documents are rare, we can trace their central doctrines from its hymnology and other sources. When we analyze three critical doctrines held by TLOW, comparing them to early Christian orthodoxy and early heresies, TLOW aligns more with ancient heresies condemned by the early church. However, rather than being discouraged by the apparent success of TLOW, we should be encouraged to train ourselves so that we may be ready to present a rational defense of the gospel with gentleness and respect.

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author J. Alberto Paredes about his online-exclusive article, “The Light Of The World Or A World Of Darkness? An Examination of Three Teachings and Practices of The Light of the World Church” https://www.equip.org/article/the-light-of-the-world-or-a-world-of-darkness/ Also available in Spanish as, “¿La Luz del Mundo o Un Mundo de Tinieblas? Un Análisis de Tres Enseñanzas y Prácticas de La Luz del Mundo?”. https://www.equip.org/article/la-luz-del-mundo-o-un-mundo-de-oscuridad/

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A 2015 Pew study found that 25 percent of those identifying as Christians believe in reincarnation. For some, the idea of reincarnation offers comfort and guidance. And many times, the pop-culture view of reincarnation, while popular in American circles, does not fit the Hindu and Buddhist religions where the doctrine originated. According to these religions, you do not choose your next lifetime. Karma determines it. That is, the combination of your good and bad actions produces good or bad results (or karma) in this and every lifetime—until you escape the cycle and dissolve into nirvana. Any religious belief may be held on the basis of blind faith, irrespective of any evidence or reasons for that belief. Such beliefs are often called dogmas (although that is not what the word originally meant). Is it mere dogma to oppose karma? Is reincarnation compatible with Christian teaching?
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Dr. Doug Groothuis about his online-exclusive article, “The Reincarnation of Reincarnation”. https://www.equip.org/article/the-reincarnation-of-reincarnation/
Also discussed Dr. Groothuis online-exclusive article “Channeling: Revelations Of Deception” . https://www.equip.org/article/channeling-revelations-of-deception/
Other articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author:
Episode 122 Shamelessly Wrong
Shamelessly Wrong: Book Review of Shameless: A Sexual Reformation Nadia Bolz-Weber
Developing an Agile Apologetic
Episode 004: Agile Apologetics
Learning From an Apostle: Christianity in the Marketplace of Ideas (Acts 17:16-34)
Why Buddhism is Not True: Review of Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
Jean-Paul Satre And The Resurgence Of Existentialism
Francis Schaeffer: Pastor, Evangelist, Apologist, Prophet
The Christian Apologist’s Moral Compass
Steve Jobs, Jesus, and the Problem of Evil
And many more, Dr. Groothuis has written articles for us for over 30 years.Don’t miss an episode; please subscribe to the Postmodern Realities podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please help spread the word about Postmodern Realities by giving us a rating and review when you subscribe to the podcast. The more ratings and reviews we have, the more new listeners can discover our content.

First time visitors to an Anglican Church, especially a parish of the high church tradition, are often bewildered. Worship abounds in written prayers, vestments, acolytes, a robed choir, candles, hymns accompanied by an organ. People cross themselves, kneel for certain prayers, stand for others. Communion wine is just that, wine served from a common cup. If it happens to be a feast day, there may be incense. To the uninitiated all these elements may feel positively arcane and certainly alien. People from non-liturgical traditions often find it difficult to categorize Anglican worship. The liturgy looks Roman Catholic, but the preaching sounds Reformed. While the early stages of the English Reformation reflected stricter liturgical proscriptions (incense, for example, would not have been used), thereby disassociating the English Church from Roman eucharistic doctrine, an ethos gradually emerged, articulated in Article 34, called the Normative Principle of Worship (NPW). The rites and ceremonies of the Church are to be “normed” or measured by the Scriptures rather than “regulated” by them. The Church is free to retain or establish whatever does not conflict with Scripture so long as it is done decently and in order.
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Matthew M. Kennedy about his online-exclusive Viewpoint article, “The Prayers Rose Like Incense: Anglican Worship and the Normative Principle”. https://www.equip.org/article/the-prayers-rose-like-incense-anglican-worship-and-the-normative-principle/
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Episode 116 Why Christians Should Observe the Christian Calendar
Why Christians Should Observe the Christian Calendar
In Search Of The Sacred: Evangelicals on a Quest and Why it Matters
Episode 046: In Search of the Sacred: Evangelicals on a Quest and Why It Matters
Praying with All the Saints
Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Easter
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[This review contains SPOILERS for the film that tells the story of the Austrian hero Franz Jägerstätter who died during World War II.]

A Hidden Life, the three-hour film by acclaimed director Terrence Malick is based on the true life story of an Austrian farmer living in the final years of World War II. In it we see the main character, Franz Jägerstätter, a farmer and family man living a modest life in the mountains of Austria, knock again and again at the door of martyrdom. Malick’s latest film shows us the steep price of Franz’s devout Christian faith and his faithfulness to the end of his life taken by Hitler’s Nazi regime. The film shows Jägerstätter’s journey to martyrdom as he pays the ultimate price for his deeply held conviction that Hitler’s world view and the war was immoral and was in opposition to his Christian faith.

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Philip Tallon about his online-exclusive movie review, “The Marathon of Martyrdom: A Review of A Hidden Life”. https://www.equip.org/article/the-marathon-of-martyrdom-a-review-of-a-hidden-life/

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Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker

Episode 154: The Dead Won’t Stop Talking: A Review of The Rise of Skywalker

The Dead Won’t Stop Talking: A Review of The Rise of Skywalker

Fred Rogers and Mr. Rogers Neighborhood:

Episode 150: The Eternal Importance of Being Awkwardly Earnest: A Review of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”

The Eternal Importance of Being Awkwardly Earnest: A Review of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”

Steven Spielberg Movies:

Episode 139 Clear Skies, Hurt Hearts, Can’t Lose: Why Spielberg’s Aliens Help Make us More Human

Clear Skies, Hurt Hearts, Can’t Lose: Why Spielberg’s Aliens Help Make us More Human

Tolkien Review:

Episode 123 Tolkien’s First Fellowship

Tolkien’s First Fellowship A film review of Tolkien

Alfred Hitchcock films:

Episode 100: A. Hitchcock Films

The Coen Brother’s Films:

Episode 050: O Father, Where Art Thou? The Coen Brothers and the Riddle of Existence

“O Father, Where Are Thou? The Coen Brothers and the Riddle of Existence

The Films of Quentin Tarantino:

Episode 001: The Films of Quentin Tarantino

“Reservoir Gods: Quentin Tarantino’s Premodern Theology

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It’s been 42 years in the making, but finally The Rise of Skywalker, the final film in the nine-film epic space opera saga called Star Wars, debuted in Dec. 2019. In this podcast episode, the topics discussed include: The reasons behind fans embracing the film and film reviewers critiques of it. The view of God in the Star Wars films, how The Rise of Skywalker affects the theology of the series, and how the meaning of Star Wars changed over the nine films.
This spoiler-filled podcast episode is a conversation with Journal author Phil Tallon about his film review of The Rise of Skywalker directed by J.J. Abrams entitled, “The Dead Won’t Stop Talking: A Review of The Rise of Skywalker”. https://www.equip.org/article/the-dead-wont-stop-talking-a-review-of-the-rise-of-skywalker/

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Episode 054: The Last Jedi: A Star Wars Movie for the Era of “the Nones” https://www.equip.org/pmr-podcast/episode-054-last-jedi-star-wars-movie-era-nones/
The Last Jedi: A Star Wars Movie for the Era of “the Nones” https://www.equip.org/article/last-jedi-star-wars-movie-era-nones/
Episode 027: “Evaluating the Star Wars Worldview” https://www.equip.org/pmr-podcast/episode-027-evaluating-star-wars-worldview/
May the Force Bewitch You: Evaluating the Star Wars Worldview https://www.equip.org/article/may-force-bewitch-evaluating-star-wars-worldview/
Philip Tallon podcasts and articles:
Fred Rogers and Mr. Rogers Neighborhood:
Episode 150: The Eternal Importance of Being Awkwardly Earnest: A Review of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
The Eternal Importance of Being Awkwardly Earnest: A Review of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
Steven Spielberg Movies:
Episode 139 Clear Skies, Hurt Hearts, Can’t Lose: Why Spielberg’s Aliens Help Make us More Human
Clear Skies, Hurt Hearts, Can’t Lose: Why Spielberg’s Aliens Help Make us More Human
Tolkien Review:
Episode 123 Tolkien’s First Fellowship
Tolkien’s First Fellowship A film review of Tolkien
Alfred Hitchcock films:
Episode 100: A. Hitchcock Films
The Coen Brother’s Films:
Episode 050: O Father, Where Art Thou? The Coen Brothers and the Riddle of Existence
“O Father, Where Are Thou? The Coen Brothers and the Riddle of Existence
The Films of Quentin Tarantino:
Episode 001: The Films of Quentin Tarantino
“Reservoir Gods: Quentin Tarantino’s Premodern Theology
Other related media articles:
Episode 037: Choose Your Own Enchantment: Freedom and Conscience in What We Watch
Choose Your Own Enchantment: Freedom and Conscience in What We Watch
Film Review: The Church without Claws? A Figurative Reading of the Film Black Panther
Episode 063: Black Panther Film Review with Eric Redmond
Episode 039: The Gospel According to Marvel
The Gospel According to Marvel
Episode 024: Dr. Strange (film review with spoilers)
Episode 067: Spielberg’s Nostalgia for Reality in Ready Player One
Spielberg’s Nostalgia for Reality in Ready Player One.”
Episode 075: Film Nostalgia & Heaven
Looking for Heaven at the Movies: What our Fondness for Nostalgic Films Says about Us.”
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The path to emotionalism has been a process of elimination, striking down various authorities along the history of ideas.

The history of ideas can be roughly summed up by three main epochs: pre-modernism, modernism, and postmodernism in the mid-late 20th Century. While postmodern ideas may have been commonplace in academia, they still represented a fringe-group of thought experiments. The average person still mostly acted as if there were absolute truths and knowable facts about the world and morality. Fast forward to 2016 when the Oxford Dictionary named “post-truth” word of the year. The seeds that were sown from ivory towers years ago finally tumbled down the hill and blossomed into YouTube videos, Twitter and Facebook rants. According to emotionalism, ultimate truth can be sensed by emotions and expressed in emotional language; truth claims can be gauged by the strength of one’s emotions. If the implicit belief is that the strength of one’s emotions determines the truth of a claim, then what is the logical extension of a person not only trying to convince themselves, but others? More emotions. Louder emotions. ALL CAPS EMOTIONS.

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Hillary Morgan Ferrer about her online exclusive feature article , “If I Feel It, It’s True: Combating the Rise of Emotionalism.” https://www.equip.org/article/if-i-feel-it-its-true-combating-the-rise-of-emotionalism/

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Episode 042: When Freedom of Expression and Emotions Collide on Campus

When Freedom of Expression and Emotions Collide on Campus

Reasons of the Heart: Emotions in Apologetics

Communicating Truth through Humor, Ridicule, and Emotions



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“Have you ever thought what it’s like to be wanderers in the Fourth Dimension? Have you? To be exiles?” So asked William Hartnell’s mysterious Doctor back in An Unearthly Child (1963), the very first episode of the long-running British, BBC produced science-fiction TV series, Doctor Who. He is a Time Lord travelling the universe in the TARDIS, a bigger-on-the-inside time machine disguised as a Police Box, fighting monsters with the help of his human companions. Complete with its own convention (the Feb. 2020 convention in Los Angeles is sold out) and other events, Doctor Who has inspired devoted fans worldwide who pour over every detail of each episode (now more than 850 episodes) of the time-travelling doctor. But there’s a tension running through the show’s more than 50-year run, one that goes to the heart of the character of the Doctor. The Doctor is both scientist and messiah, a rationalist trying to grapple with the realities of evil in the universe, and romantic who brings about the fairy-tale ending of everyone living happily ever after.”

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Caleb Woodbridge about his online-exclusive television series review , “The Romantic Rationalism of BBC’s Doctor Who“. https://www.equip.org/article/the-romantic-rationalism-of-bbcs-doctor-who/

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Episode 148-In Defense of Pop Culture

Ditching Netflix? Engaging Pop Culture in the Age of Binge-Watching

Episode 149 What Joker Gets Right About Human Depravity

Getting What We Deserve: What Joker Gets Right about Human Depravity: A Film Review of Joker (2019) starring Joaquin Phoenix

Episode 037: Choose Your Own Enchantment: Freedom and Conscience in What We Watch

Choose Your Own Enchantment: Freedom and Conscience in What We Watch

Episode 075: Film Nostalgia & Heaven

Looking for Heaven at the Movies: What our Fondness for Nostalgic Films Says about Us.”

The Wisdom of Pixar

Television as the New Literature: Understanding and Evaluating the Medium

Prometheus: Finding God in Outer Space

Unpacking Anime’s Thematic and Spiritual Depth

The Artistic Pro-Life Theme in Netflix’s I Am Mother

Postmodern Realities Episode 132: The Artistic Pro-Life Theme in Netflix’s I Am Mother

Episode 87: Westworld & A.I.

“HBO’s Westworld and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.”

The Gospel According to Lost

Breaking Bad’s Addicting Defense of Moral Realism

Episode 039: The Gospel According to Marvel

The Gospel According to Marvel

Episode 024: Dr. Strange (film review with spoilers)

Fighting Scientism with the Occult in Doctor Strange

Episode 017: Suicide Squad, Deadpool, and the Rise of the Comic Book Antihero

Suicide Squad, Deadpool, and the Rise of the Comic Book Antihero

Episode 139 Clear Skies, Hurt Hearts, Can’t Lose: Why Spielberg’s Aliens Help Make us More Human

Clear Skies, Hurt Hearts, Can’t Lose: Why Spielberg’s Aliens Help Make us More Human

Episode 123 Tolkien’s First Fellowship

Tolkien’s First Fellowship A film review of Tolkien

Episode 100: A. Hitchcock Films

“Caught Looking: Hitchcock’s Films in the Age of Instagram.”

Episode 001: The Films of Quentin Tarantino

Episode 067: Spielberg’s Nostalgia for Reality in Ready Player One

Spielberg’s Nostalgia for Reality in Ready Player One.”

Episode 054: The Last Jedi: A Star Wars Movie for the Era of “the Nones”

The Last Jedi: A Star Wars Movie for the Era of “the Nones”

Episode 027: “Evaluating the Star Wars Worldview”

May the Force Bewitch You: Evaluating the Star Wars Worldview

Episode 041: The Gracious Heroism of Wonder Woman

The Gracious Heroism of Wonder Woman

Episode 012: Jesus Films

Jesus Films: Who Does Hollywood Say That I Am?

Episode 079: Theology of Morgan Freeman

“The Story of Morgan Freeman (Not God).”

An Apologetic of Horror

The Matrix: Unloaded Revelations

A Wrinkle in Time: Drawing Apologetic Value from a De-Christianized Film

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More than 85 million people in the U.S. are avid watchers of the Hallmark Channel’s Christmas films. Complete with its own mobile App, Hallmark Christmas film fans can partake year-round in the romantic, true-love plots. Not just on the Hallmark Channel, but other on-demand viewing channels like Netflix have also gotten into the Christmas film game. All the films have the same plot, the same kiss, the same quaint small town, the same fake snow falling gently onto the shiny hair of the protagonist, the same easy “trouble” resolved in less than one scene, the cookie baking that magically cleans itself up, and the dead mother that the child remembers with fondness rather than gut-wrenching grief. What is a Christian to make of this phenomenon? And, more pressingly, should Christians themselves indulge in the occasional Hallmark movie or even a Hallmark Christmas movie binge?

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Anne Kennedy about here viewpoint article, “Am I a Bad Christian for Watching Hallmark Christmas Movies?”. https://www.equip.org/article/am-i-a-bad-christian-for-watching-hallmark-christmas-movies/

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Other articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author:

Episode 147 Book Review of Modern Kinship: A Queer Guide to Christian Marriage and An Evaluation of 2019 Evolving Faith Conference

A Helper Like Me: A Review of Modern Kinship: A Queer Guide to Christian Marriage by David and Constantino Khalaf

Episode 140 The Theological “Mess” in the “Moxie” of Jen Hatmaker

The Theological “Mess” in the “Moxie” of Jen Hatmaker

The Unhindered Leadership of Jen Hatmaker

Have You Considered Trying Harder: The Theology of Rachel Hollis

Episode 136 Have You Considered Trying Harder: The Theology of Rachel Hollis

The Theological Legacy of Rachel Held Evans

Episode 125 The Theological Legacy of Rachel Held Evans

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