Stories tagged with: movie

• Popular video shares 'Cwismus' story

  by Erin Roach, posted Tuesday, December 22, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  Mobberly Baptist Church screen capture

  LONGVIEW, Texas (BP) -- A video of kids telling the Christmas story produced by a Texas church has apparently gone viral, reaching unlikely audiences globally in the few days since it was posted online.

  "A Movie on Cwismus," produced at Mobberly Baptist Church in Longview, Texas, has been viewed more than a million times and has logged more than 30,000 shares on Facebook. Read More

• 'Woodlawn' gave him 6-7 seconds of fame

  by Doug Rogers/The Alabama Baptist, posted Monday, October 26, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

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  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- Imagine "Rocky" entering an empty arena to face Apollo Creed. Or Moses in "The Ten Commandments" descending Mount Sinai only to find two or three Israelites at the bottom.

  It's the extras, or background actors, who populate various scenes and bring life to a movie. Read More

• Could 'Woodlawn' be 'catalyst' to awakening?

  by Myriah Snyder, posted Friday, October 16, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  DALLAS (BP) -- "Woodlawn," a movie about overcoming racial division through faith in Christ, could contribute to "the next spiritual awakening in the United States," Southern Baptist Convention President Ronnie Floyd said during a simulcast to promote the film.

  Floyd, pastor of Cross Church in northwest Arkansas, compared the potential effects of Woodlawn, which opens nationwide today ... Read More

• 'Woodlawn,' the movie: Great tool for evangelism

  by Ronnie Floyd, posted Tuesday, October 13, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  SPRINGDALE, Ark. (BP) -- This coming Friday, the movie "Woodlawn" will be released nationwide. The Erwin Brothers, Jon and Andy, present this dynamic film. They are the filmmaking team behind movies like "October Baby" and "Mom's Night Out."

  Film speaks the language of our generation, and Woodlawn does so profoundly. Read More

• 'Captive' highlights God's grace, Page says

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, June 03, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Frank S. Page recalls the moment 10 years ago when he learned the single mother held captive in her Atlanta-area home by an accused murderer and rapist was the same Ashley Smith he had baptized when she was 12 years old.

  National attention focused on news reports of the manhunt for Brian Nichols, who killed a judge and three others in his escape from an Atlanta courthouse while accused of rape. As the story unfolded on live news coverage, it became clear Nichols had taken refuge in an Atlanta-area home with a single hostage, who happened to be Smith. Read More

• Kendrick brothers: fight battles through prayer

  by Shawn Hendricks, posted Friday, March 06, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy of AFFIRM Films/Provident Films; Photo by Kevin Peeples

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Filmmakers Alex and Stephen Kendrick will tell you they believe prayer can change America.

  The Southern Baptist duo, of Kendrick Brothers Productions, acknowledged they picked a good time to promote and release their latest film, "War Room," focusing on the power of prayer. Southern Baptist Convention President Ronnie Floyd has been urging prayer for revival around the country since his election last June, and this year's annual meeting theme is "Great Awakening: Clear Agreement, Visible Union, Extraordinary Prayer." Read More

• 'Expelled' enjoys Top 10 opening

  by Michael Foust, posted Monday, April 21, 2008 (16 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--"Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" finished in the Top 10 among all movies in weekend box office estimates and could be on its way to finishing in the Top 10 all-time for documentaries.

  The Ben Stein film about the debate between supporters of Darwinian evolution and Intelligent Design grossed $3.1 million, placing it ninth for the weekend. But its per-theater average of $2,997 -– it opened in just over 1,000 theaters, which is a third of what some movies opened in -... Read More

• Land: 'Expelled' a must-see movie

  by Michael Foust, posted Friday, April 18, 2008 (16 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--After weeks of controversy about its content but also its filming and production, Ben Stein's documentary "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" opens this weekend. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: The difference 'Expelled' will make

  by William A. Dembski, posted Friday, April 18, 2008 (16 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--When future intellectual historians describe the key events that led to the fall of "Darwin's Wall," Ben Stein's "Expelled" will top the list. Read More

• Intelligent Design foes no match for Stein in 'Expelled'

  by Michael Foust, posted Friday, April 04, 2008 (16 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Actor, commentator and comedian Ben Stein promises he hasn't lost his mind. Well, he says with his famous dry monotone humor, at least not in this instance.

        On the contrary, Stein -– whose documentary film "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" opens in two weeks, April 18 -- believes he's involved in one of the leading cultural and political battles of his life: the fight for academic freedom against an establishment that teaches Darwinian evolution as fact. Intelligent Design (ID) -– the belief that certain aspects of the world are so complex that they must have been created by an intelligent being, instead of by a random process –- deserves a place at the academic table, he says.

        "I think I'm engaged in a struggle that's very much uphill in which the establishment is very much against me," he said in a recent telephone conference call with reporters. "But I'm a rebel to my core ... and happy to be in an uphill struggle, as long as the cause is right."

        Obviously, conservatives and supporters of Intelligent Design don't believe Stein has lost his mind. Rather, they believe "Expelled" –- one of the year's most controversial films -– has a chance to change dramatically the landscape in the struggle between evolution and Intelligent Design (ID). In the film, Stein travels the globe, interviewing scientists, philosophers and doctors who believe in evolution and those who believe in Intelligent Design. In case after case, Stein recounts the story of ID supporters who lost their jobs or couldn't get tenure because of their supposed controversial beliefs.

        The documentary, rated PG for thematic material and very brief language, ends in a climactic scene with Stein interviewing one of the world's leading backers of evolution, atheist and author Richard Dawkins.

        Stein's humor is on display throughout the film, although supporters of evolution likely won't find it too funny. Christian conservative leaders are on board, supporting it. The film was shown at the recent National Religious Broadcasters meeting. It's also scheduled to be the topic of an upcoming Focus on the Family broadcast.

        ID supporters, Stein and the film assert, are facing staunch opposition... Read More