I am a movie buff. In so many way, movies are the parables of our day, earthly stories set to deeper meanings, sometimes heavenly meanings… even if not intended by the writer or producer. In prepping a Top Ten list for my favorite movies of all time, I had to narrow down from a list of roughly 50… 50 movies that I would count as favorites. The following is not written in stone, but will suffice for now.
I now unveil the Top Ten movies of All Time:
1- Jaws
2- Christmas Vacation
3- The Princess Bride
4- Titanic
5- Saving Private Ryan
6- Back to the Future
7- The Wizard of Oz
8- The Silence of the Lambs
9- Field of Dreams
10- Jurassic Park
In looking at my top ten list, I couldn’t help but notice the wide variety of themes: Suspense, intrigue, comedy, fantasy, love, war, hope, longing, adventure, horror, and wonder… just to name a few.
Sounds a lot like life.
To that end, Guardian will “Go to the Movies” this fall. On Sunday mornings, during the bible study hour, we will explore biblical themes- set against the backdrop of movie clips-
- The longing for heaven (“Somewhere over the Rainbow”/Wizard of Oz),
- The supernatural (“I see dead people…”/ The Sixth Sense),
- Sacrifice (“we do that, we all earn the right to go home”/ Saving Private Ryan),
- Mystery (“If you build it, he will come”/ Field of Dreams),
- Spiritual warfare (“We’re gonna need a bigger boat”/ Jaws),
- The purpose driven life (“When I get big, I'm going where he's going”/ Up),
- True love (“As you wish”/ The Princess Bride).
- Redemption (“Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was.”/ Titanic)
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