Main Point: Decisions motivated by money lead to disaster.The Movie Clip: On a cold New Year's Eve afternoon in a struggling Midwestern town, Hank Mitchell (Bill Paxton), his older brother Jacob (Billy Bob Thornton) and Jacob's buddy Lou discover the snow-encrusted wreck of a small plane, which holds a dead pilot and a duffel bag containing over four...
(New Line Cinema, 2001)Main Point of Discussion: Character isn’t about outward qualities, but inward qualities.The Movie Clip: "If you do not do this, no one will."This is the first of the three Lord of the Rings movies. It is about Frodo Baggins, a very noble-hearted but unimportant Hobbitt, who must traverse over great lands to destroy an evil...
PG 2000 (Denzel Washington)Plot Summary: The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.Movie Clip 1: On the DVD, cue to Chapters 8 & 9, “Tired & Thirsty” and “Bertier & Big Ju.” These are the scenes where the water table gets knocked...
PG-13, 2002 (Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston)The movie, Bruce Almighty is about a guy who complains about God too often and is given almighty powers to teach him how difficult it is to run the world.While this movie probably won’t be used by any reputable seminaries in place of Theology 101, it isn’t as irreverent as it could...
PG, 2003, Sony PicturesAttention Grabber: Movie - RadioThe story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man whom he took under his wing. Radio contains a few good scenes for discussions on accepting others different from us, compassion, humility vs. pride, taking a stand, and caring when it costs. Clip: "A mistake to care about Radio?"For this...
2002, PG-13, (Jim Caviezel)Plot Outline: Action/Adventure. (Time period - 1814.) After being wronged by his alleged best friend and serving many years in prison, a man, Edmond Dantes, sets out to escape and get his revenge on him and others. This discussion centers around Peter’s denial and God’s faithfulness to him and to us, emphasizing that God still pursues...
PG, 2002 (Shane West, Mandy Moore)Main Point: While God instructs us to look toward the needs of others, we are not meant to be treated with disrespect. Setting relational boundaries is healthy in friendships. Plot Outline: This is the story of two North Carolina teens, Landon Carter (West) and Jaime Sullivan (Moore), who are...