With Season 3 delving even more deeply into The Way of Mandalore, Josh, Claude, and JR. discuss the ideas of redemption, community, and calling that are at play.

Get your free copy of our Theology of Star Wars ebook here: https://thinkchristian.net/starwars

Read JR.’s post on The Mandalorian Season 2 here: https://thinkchristian.net/the-merciful-way-of-the-mandalorian

Listen to Josh and Sarah Welch-Larson discuss The Mandalorian Season 1 here: https://thinkchristian.net/podcast/a-theology-of-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-the-mandalorian

Read Claude’s post on My Hero Academia Season 6 here: https://thinkchristian.net/my-hero-academia-and-confession-as-a-liberating-act

How do the themes in superhero movies relate to Christ's teachings? How do believers reconcile superhero violence with Jesus' message of peace? In his new book, The Superpowers and the Glory, Joe George considers these questions and more. Joe joins Josh to discuss the project, as well as the latest MCU installment — Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

Get Joe’s book here: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666731057/the-superpowers-and-the-glory/

Find a roundup of TC articles on the MCU here: https://thinkchristian.net/god-in-the-mcu

Listen in as TC’s Josh Larsen and Roslyn Hernández lead a conversation with Movie Club members about four faith questions relating to the 2023 Best Picture nominees. (To join the club, sign up at https://www.thinkchristian.net/movieclub)

How might Christian artists hold their faith while moving in mainstream circles? Josh and Aarik - critics who work in both faith-based and secular media - discuss, using the new memoir from U2’s frontman and the latest album from Belle and Sebastian to guide their conversation.

From Everything Everywhere All At Once to Fire of Love to Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Josh, Abby, and JR. celebrate their favorite movies of 2022.

From Abbott Elementary to Severance to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Josh, Kathryn, and Joe celebrate their favorite television of 2022. Plus, listener picks too!

Saba. Carly Rae Jepsen. Wild Pink. Madison Cunningham. Beach Bunny. Josh, Claude, Sarah, John, and Aarik celebrate their favorite music of 2022. Plus, listener picks too!

The concept of royalty drives much of the action in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. It’s also the reason for being in Netflix’s The Crown. How do these depictions of royalty stand alongside those in the Bible — including the King of Kings?

On Midnights, Taylor Swift adopts the persona of an antihero (especially on “Anti-Hero”). On Andor, Disney Plus’ latest Star Wars series, Diego Luna plays one. Are either of these antiheroes reminiscent of those we find in the Bible? What can we learn from antiheroes about the human condition — and how does the gospel respond to that condition? Josh, JR., and Kathryn discuss.

Listen in as TC’s Josh Larsen and Robert Rivera lead a conversation with Movie Club members about signs of transcendence in the films of Steven Spielberg. (To join the club, sign up at https://www.thinkchristian.net/movieclub)