By James Cary2024-01-16T12:30:00
Alan Ritchson, the Christian actor who plays Jack Reacher in Amazon’s hit TV show, has defended his decision to play the vigilante. James Cary says the Bible is full of moral ambiguity. If Christians don’t like it, they’ll need to take it up with Jesus when they see him
Tens of billions of dollars have been made by writing stories that show a good guy shoot the bad guys. It could be Indiana Jones shooting Nazis, Rambo shooting Russians or John McClane shooting criminals posing as terrorists. In the writing business, they say: “nobody knows anything”. But this one thing seems to work.
It’s working for Amazon right now, who have found a hit with Reacher, a drama based on a series of books of Lee Child. Many of us are watching the eponymous mass of muscles despatch wave after wave of henchmen for arms dealers. For a TV show, the body count is a little on the high side, but we’re rarely in any doubt that the baddies deserve it. They rarely speak to put their side of the story across, which makes it all much simpler.
2024-11-27T11:28:00Z By Tim Bechervaise
Hollywood actor, Denzel Washington, recently got baptised in New York. Tim Bechervaise takes a look at the role that faith has played in the life of the Gladiator II star
2024-04-23T10:31:00Z By Tim Bechervaise
The new series on the Israelite’s escape from Egypt is not perfect, says Tim Bechervaise. But it did inspire him to take a closer look at a Bible story many of us are overly familiar with. And that can only be a good thing
2024-03-15T11:55:00Z By Jonty Langley
Was John Cena’s flesh really the most problematic thing about the Oscars? Christians need to get better at picking their battles, says Jonty Langley
2025-06-12T18:28:00Z By George Luke
After being accused of serious sexual misconduct and drug abuse, the former Newsboys singer Michael Tait has issued a full apology. George Luke hopes other Christian leaders caught in sin will take the same approach
2025-06-12T17:53:00Z By Miriam Cates
A new UN report says all but three countries in the world will have below replacement levels of reproduction by the end of the century. God’s command to ”increase in number” was never meant to be an optional extra, says Miriam Cates. It’s time that Christians took it seriously again
2025-06-12T17:41:00Z By Krish Kandiah
With so much tragedy and unrest dominating our news headlines, it can be tempting to turn away or become disheartened. But in a world where conflict drowns out compassion, we need peacemakers more than ever, says Dr Krish Kandiah
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