Jason C. StanleyJason is a deacon in the United Methodist Church, serving as the Assistant Minister of Youth and Education in Lynchburg. He holds a B. A. in Religious Studies and a Master's in Christian Education. He and his wife blog about ministry, life, and film at jasoncstanley.com.





Undaunted
A Conversation with Cristóbal Krusen
Director challenges Christian media to tell the truth.

Krusen hopes that young people will respond favorably to the film’s honesty. Overall, he hopes that people will catch a glimmer of God’s great love for them. As he says, “No one is beyond the pale; no one is removed from the grace of God.”


Alex Cross
Cross Makeover
"Don't Lose Your Soul"

Cross watches as Nana Mama gives the children instructions to pack, as they are moving to Washington, D. C. She notices him, and finishes her sentence to the children, “You don’t want to leave behind anything you love.” Will Alex Cross get the message?


Undaunted: The Early Life of Josh McDowell
Failure Isn't Final
Turning Brokeness into Fruitfulness

The rest of the film is like an Oprah special. It’s real life and real emotions. McDowell is honest and vulnerable, as if to say, “This is what happened to me. If it has happened to you, you can rise above it.”


The Cabin in the Woods
Nothing Is Quite What It Seems
Evil vs. Bong

These five head out to a cabin in the woods to get away from the challenges of college life. And that’s when we expect to see what happens in every other slasher film. Except, this isn’t every other slasher film.


Terminator Anthology
For the Sake of Humanity
All 4 Terminator Films on Blu-ray

The first few films are concerned with preventing the massive destruction of humanity. It is worth saving, but it takes the machine Marcus to show us what it means to be human: to give is to live.


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