Jack K
Puritan Board Doctor
It's been an interesting past week. I wrote an article with some thoughts on how to talk to kids about the gospel after they watch the new, live-action Beauty and the Beast movie. I've written this sort of thing before about other especially popular kids' movies, and those articles tend to get appreciative responses. I figure it's good to give readers material they say is helpful.
So I wrote about Beauty and the Beast. This time, it meant dealing with the "gay moment" in the movie. As a general rule, I avoid hot-button culture war topics because those discussions tend to be unprofitable; people have trouble pulling away from the culture war to look at Jesus. But in this case I ended up deciding, perhaps foolishly, that I couldn't rightly talk about the gospel and that movie without addressing that moment.
The response has been a huge (for me) number of comments and concerns from readers, mostly via Facebook groups. Some indignantly defending Disney. Some appalled at me being "moralistic." (Really? I tried so hard to move beyond that.) Many appreciative comments as well.
Anyway, I wonder what some of you might think. Did I miss something important in my article? Did the movie hit you the same way it did me?
And most importantly, is there any better way to engage people about the gospel when these culture-war issues are in our faces?
The article is here.
So I wrote about Beauty and the Beast. This time, it meant dealing with the "gay moment" in the movie. As a general rule, I avoid hot-button culture war topics because those discussions tend to be unprofitable; people have trouble pulling away from the culture war to look at Jesus. But in this case I ended up deciding, perhaps foolishly, that I couldn't rightly talk about the gospel and that movie without addressing that moment.
The response has been a huge (for me) number of comments and concerns from readers, mostly via Facebook groups. Some indignantly defending Disney. Some appalled at me being "moralistic." (Really? I tried so hard to move beyond that.) Many appreciative comments as well.
Anyway, I wonder what some of you might think. Did I miss something important in my article? Did the movie hit you the same way it did me?
And most importantly, is there any better way to engage people about the gospel when these culture-war issues are in our faces?
The article is here.