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About Martin Saunders
Martin Saunders is Deputy CEO of Youthscape and Contributing Editor for Christian Today.
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Advancing Years, Declining Powers: Does Dark, Violent 'Logan' Have A Message For The Church?
Logan, James Mangold's distinct new chapter in the long-running X-Men franchise, is hardly suitable entertainment for a pastor's retreat or a church weekend away. But if you can look past the blood and bad language, it's arguably one of the most thematically-interesting films around
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Films About Faith: Christian Today's Alternative Oscars 2017
Move over Academy Awards – here are the second annual Christian Today Alternative Oscars.
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'LEGO Batman Promotes Gay Adoption': When Christian Blogging Does More Harm Than Good
Some opinions are so nonsensical, the least helpful thing one can do is draw attention to them.
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Will A Christian Film Win Best Picture? Christian Today's Oscar Predictions
Ah, the Oscars. The highlight of the film fan's calendar; the night when careers are made and cinematic history is written.
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There's A Single Christian Theme Running Through Modern Cinema. Is God Speaking Through Hollywood?
n the end, it was The Lego Batman Movie which finally convinced me that something weird was going on.
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The Great Wall Review: A Boundary-Shifting Movie That Might Get Donald Trump Worried
It would perhaps be a bit lazy of me to suggest that a blockbuster movie about a giant wall constructed to keep out aliens couldn't be more timely.
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Why It's Time To Stop Saying 'You Can't Out-Give God'
It's time to be honest: sometimes God doesn't come to the financial rescue.
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If I Tell You I'm Praying For You, Might I Be Lying?
I've developed a habit of making that encouraging promise. #Praying. But most of the times I tell people I'll be praying for them, I never actually get around to it.
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Five Things You Can Pray For President Trump Every Day – Regardless Of Your Politics
The Bible is clear. Paul urges that we offer "petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving for all people – for kings and all those in authority".
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The Powerful Film 'Loving' Has Important Challenges For All Who Seek To Follow Christ
While religion was originally used as a justification for racist laws and attitudes, Jesus sought to establish a kingdom of equality and love. In the film 'Loving', that Kingdom feels much more present in the Lovings' home and marriage than in the court-rooms which try to dehumanise them.
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In A World Of Fake News, Is Fake Theology Next?
Jesus wasn't a refugee – at least not in the minds of the presents of Fox & Friends.
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T2: Trainspotting Review – Is There Any Hope On Life's Bottom Rung?
Picking up the story of the first film 20 years later, it finds Trainspotting's original band of anti-heroes scattered, and in most cases no closer to escaping the social underclass in which we found them two decades earlier...
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President Trump: What Will It Take For Christians To Disown Him?
Donald Trump is wasting no time. Since becoming the 45th president of the United States on January 20 he's already set in motion some of his most extreme policy promises.
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Hacksaw Ridge Isn't Just An Explicitly Christian Film, It's Also A Deserved Oscar Nominee
Hacksaw Ridge won't win Best Picture at the Oscars next month, but its deserved presence on the shortlist represents something of a redemption story for director Mel Gibson.
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'Lion' Makes A Strong Case For God Without Ever Mentioning Him
'Lion' is the true story of Saroo Brierley, an Indian-born Australian who somehow found safety after being marooned a thousand miles from home at just five years old.
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