Black Panther

Published: June 10, 2018, 10 a.m.

*Message Podcast only. Video messages are not available for this series*

Message Summary: Black Panther is more than a super hero movie. It explores the tension of what \u201cserving God\u201d and redemptive activity in our world looks like for us as Christ followers. There are three impulses historically that have been the response of the people of the CHURCH to a culture: to completely separate ourselves, to use violence to bring the kingdom of God, and to bring the kingdom of God to earth following the lead of Jesus. There are two messages of the Kingdom that we need to connect with if we\u2019re to move in this third way. The first is to own our origin story laid out in Genesis. The second is to recognize that there is only one true and good King, the Lord Jesus Messiah. We bring His kingdom as we engage-even risk- and take our calling seriously.

Series: Movies have a way of communicating unlike any other art form. In them, we find powerful stories of the human experience\u2014an experience marked by intersection with the divine. Whether filmmakers know it or not, God\u2019s fingerprints can be found all over their stories. We\u2019ll take some of the most popular films from the last year and look at how we can find God at the movies.