When Jesus speaks, I listen

Huge fan of "the church" being involved in culture... Love that through all forms of media the idea, the concept of Christ is promoted... The world does not appreciate being beat over the head with a Bible. Time for some fresh ideas.

We've discussed music's "Spiritual Lens"... and movies like Tolkien's Lord of the Ring Trilogy and/or CS Lewis' Narnia films of course bring that Christ-figure to the forefront. There is a downside, though, to allowing culture to use the "Spiritual Lens".

If you're not careful, the allegorical Christ-figure, Aslan, will wind up peddling taquitos through some cheap parody of the Taco Bell Chihuahua.

Of course, since I am easily swayed in my faith, seeing the allegorical Christ-figure tell me "You want taquitos" only made me... well... want taquitos. Oh yeah, I keep forgetting, people have a hard time reading sarcasm in my blog. THAT WAS SARCASTIC!

Photo taken at Christ Fellowship West Kendall (which meets in a movie theater off Kendall Drive).

Comments

[Vivian]

Hi Jeff, I have to admit that I'm the one that created the Aslan poster for the WK Reach Beyond. At least it worked...you wanted taquitos! I'm sure the theater appreciates the boost in taquito sales, but you are right about the fact that we should be careful about how we represent Christ in culture. Thanks for the laugh & the insight.
P.S. That baby clock is the coolest thing! She's getting big!

[Jeff Reed]

HA HA HA. Vivian, that's hilarious. They still had those signs up, too!

Seriously, where's a good place to get taquitos in Miami (other than the movie theater). All this talk is making me hungry for taquitos. After all, when Jesus speaks, I listen.