Culture

Reasoning through JFK Assassination Theories

June 21, 2022

Conspiracy theories never seem to go away. Especially the ones that are said to involve clandestine plots of the United States government. It seems...

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by Kenneth Samples Read

Responding to Questions on Same-Sex Relationships

January 11, 2022

A few years ago some of my RTB colleagues and I did a couple of Straight Thinking podcast programs entitled "Adult Children of Same-Sex...

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by Kenneth Samples Read

1917: A Movie about Choices, Character, Courage

March 3, 2020

The historical conflict goes by a number of names: the Great War, the War to End All Wars, and later, World War I (1914–1918)....

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by Kenneth Samples Read

A Movie to Make You Think: The Two Popes

January 21, 2020

The great Yale church historian Jaroslav Pelikan once called the Roman Catholic Church ʺthe most formidable religious institution in the history of America and...

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by Kenneth Samples Read

Changing the “We Can’t Expect Much” from Churched Kids Culture

June 28, 2019

Years ago, as a college student applying to veterinary school and then as a practicing veterinarian, the goals and expectations set forth were clear:...

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by Erick Thompson Read

Thoughts on the Movie Tolkien

May 21, 2019

British thinker and writer J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien (1892–1973) is one of the most beloved fantasy authors ever. As author of...

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by Kenneth Samples Read

3 Ways to Be a Gracious Christian Sports Fan

January 29, 2019

I have enjoyed playing and watching sports most of my life. Now that I’m sixty years old I sometimes think back to my time...

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by Kenneth Samples Read

Did a Giant Collider Help Give Us Extreme Climate Stability?

December 17, 2018

Floods and fires raged and boulders rained from the sky. Such a sci-fi-like scenario in Earth’s relatively recent past gave us, in part, the...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Two More Movies to Make You Think in 2018

July 17, 2018

How much of your recreation time is devoted to watching movies? For many people, watching films at the theater and viewing movies at home...

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by Kenneth Samples Read

Two Movies to Make You Think in 2018

July 10, 2018

Why do you go to the movies? For many people, it is for sheer enjoyment or to escape from life’s pressures for a few...

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by Kenneth Samples Read

Apologist Demeanors: Are You a Patton or a Bradley?

May 22, 2018

Have you ever seen the movie Patton? Actor George C. Scott won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his amazing portrayal of the...

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by Kenneth Samples Read

Lessons about Evil: Reflections on the Movie Anthropoid

July 18, 2017

Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942) was a Nazi leader who impressed Adolf Hitler with his unbridled brutality. Historians consider Heydrich to be the central mastermind of...

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by Kenneth Samples Read