“Did you read the article in the Metro (Dutch free newspaper) this morning?”, my mother texted me last Friday. “It’s about the Muppets, apparently mothers are upset about it because it’s too sexual and children watch it.” It wasn’t just coinsidence that, as I was on the train on my way home that evening, the […]
From time to time there are certain movies that circulate in even the most conservative churches, regardless of the surface reasons to not to watch the films. The Hunger games is one such series. It has caught fire in a world wide blaze… and it’s not just teenage fans are obsessed with the books and […]
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 Satan knows the Bible and he knows it very well. It was by using Scripture that he tried to tempt Christ Who is the Word Himself (John 1:1-5). I can imagine Satan with a […]
the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. Job 1:21 Such has been the summer of Little Light Studios, it will be one that we will never forget. It started out rough. Our business manager, Brandon decided to serve the Lord in other capacities and left the […]
Ever since Maxis started with the first The Sims game in the year 2000, it was a hit. Millions of copies were sold, especially among teenage girls. With the ability to influence millions of girls in their puberty, is it possible that these girls don’t play with life, as the slogan intends, but that a darker […]
In this blog series we have looked at how Philippians 4:8 can be used to shape our media choices. We have covered things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely and good report. But there are two more qualifiers the apostle Paul would have us consider. He recommends that whatever that subject may be, it should […]
AD The Bible Continues catapults itself into prime time television,airing on NBC Easter weekend. It gains it steam from the Bible TV series on the History channel and the Son of God movie. Despite being doomed to failure by the secular critics from the LA Times and Entertainment Weekly, it premiered with 13.1 million viewers. […]
Who hasn’t spent hours playing legos? I think it would be safe to say everyone in this country has owned a set of legos at one point in time. The company’s billion dollar annual revenue is a force in and of itself, but when Hollywood writers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller decided to use the iconic toy […]
Have you ever watched the news? Of course you have. Did you ever go away from watching it feeling really good about what was said? Most likely not. Typically we read in the newspapers about how the economy is struggling, a child was lost, and utility rates are on the rise. The evening television outlets […]
Exodus: gods & kings An epic disaster of Biblical proportions. By Siebbi (Christian Bale) The latest Bible movie Hollywood has to offer, directed by Ridley Scott and staring Christian Bale, is taking liberties with the Bible account, just like Darren Aronofsky did with Noah. It shouldn’t be surprising that this film kept a tighter reign […]
Maybe MPAA should stand for My Parents Actually Approve You’ve probably heard that orange is the new black. But you probably haven’t heard that PG-13 is the new R. According to a new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics it’s evident that we are seeing marked change in ratings for movies because parents are […]
Game Over Thinking back, I must have been about 14. I was angry. But I wasn’t just angry all the time or at everything like some teenagers. I was angry when I didn’t win, when I didn’t master the next level as I manipulated the handheld game. It was Mortal Kombat on the Sega […]
Left Behind, The End Begins, is out in theaters October 3 in which it stars Nicholas Cage. This is a remake of the Kirk Cameron 2000 version in which both films are based on worldwide bestselling books, The Left Behind series. These books, under Christian Fiction, were published in the mid 90’s. The authors, Tim […]
7 Celebrities Whose Children Watch Little or No TV Gwyneth Paltrow While she does let her kids watch tv, she only lets them do so in a foreign language, Spanish or French. Georges Biard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons By Felicity_Huffman_in_Oscar_de_la_Renta.jpg: The Heart Truthderivative work: RanZag (Felicity_Huffman_in_Oscar_de_la_Renta.jpg) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons William H Macy Along […]
Recently two Yogi’s have been featured in the mainstream media. What’s interesting about both of them is that they are both praised for their achievements in the West and their ability to instruct and pass on their knowledge. B. K. S. Iyengar is crediting with bringing Yoga to the world and was influential in brining […]
Most of us when we think of lovely, usually equate it with some form of beauty. The dictionary would agree: lovely |ˈləvlē| adjective (lovelier, loveliest) exquisitely beautiful But in the bible it’s a little different than our traditional thinking. The word “lovely” in Greek is a little more complex than most. It only occurs once […]
There was a time before the mass induction of media into our lives where people obtained their information from reading. Whether it be the newspaper, a historical novel, biography or religious book, people filled their minds in a constructive way. What do I mean by constructive? Studies over the last number of years have shown […]
Whatsoever is pure We continue our series on Biblical evaluation of media by looking at the word “pure” in Philippians 4:8. It is our forth blog on this verse and topic. If you want to review or see the others we have already covered true, honest & just. The word “pure” in the dictionary means […]
