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Available
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Description
The average American watches 5 hours of TV every day. Collectively, we spend roughly $30 billion on movies each year. Simply put, we're entertainment junkies. But can we learn something from our insatiable addiction to stories? Mike Cosper thinks so. From horror flicks to rom-coms, the tales we tell and the myths we weave inevitably echo the narrative underlying all of history: the story of humanity's tragic sin and God's triumphant salvation. This entertaining book connects the dots between the stories we tell and the one great Story-helping us better understand the longings of the human heart and thoughtfully engage with the movies and TV shows that capture our imaginations.
Publication
Wheaton, IL: Crossway (2014), 236 pages
Language
ISBN
9781433537080
Contents
A World Full of Stories --
The Stories We Tell --
How Far Is Too Far? --
The Ghosts of Eden --
The Search for Love --
O, How the Mighty Have Fallen --
Frustration --
Shadows and Darkness --
Redemptive Violence --
Heroes and Messiahs --
Honey Boo Boo and the Weight of Glory --
And a Word to Christian Filmmakers.
The Stories We Tell --
How Far Is Too Far? --
The Ghosts of Eden --
The Search for Love --
O, How the Mighty Have Fallen --
Frustration --
Shadows and Darkness --
Redemptive Violence --
Heroes and Messiahs --
Honey Boo Boo and the Weight of Glory --
And a Word to Christian Filmmakers.
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