By George Huang Initially given as a sermon at Chinatown Church of Christ This sermon uses the popular movie It’s a Wonderful Life (1947) to explore how we should live our earthly lives to the fullest. As we sacrifice for others in life, we’ll find that it’s really a wonderful way to live. Powerpoint presentation … [ Read more… ]
Movie: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) George Bailey gave up his dream of traveling and going to college in order to help his brother go to college and continue his father’s business of lending people money to buy their own homes. He is not happy about not having his dreams come true and having to … [ Read more… ]
Note: Nausicaa is a Japanese animation movie. Proper titles of the tape: Nausicaa & the Valley of the Wind (subtitled version) / Warriors of the Valley of the Wind (dubbed version) Cross reference of names: Nausicaa = Princess Sandra Omu (the giant monsters) = Gorgans How did Sandra calm the anger of the Gorgan when … [ Read more… ]
Story by Victor Hugo Valjean spent the next nine years after the death of Fontine taking care of Cosette, and she fell in love with Marius, one of the rebel students. The night before the battle, Valjean prayed for Marius. Unable to convince Marius to go with Cosette, he asked the Lord to let Marius … [ Read more… ]
Story by Victor Hugo The year was 1832. With the exception of General Larmarque, the aristocrats ruling France were not caring about the poor. People were angry. The students were hoping to do something to get the government to pay attention. One of the students, Marius, just met a girl called Cosette and he fell … [ Read more… ]
Ten years later, Javert was the new police chief at city where Valjean had become mayor. One day he arrested Fontine after someone falsely accused her of an attack. Valjean came and took her out of jail and put her in a hospital. By then Fontine was dying and she asked Valjean to take care … [ Read more… ]
Story by Victor Hugo Valjean was now the mayor of his new hometown. He owned a factory and he made sure the workers are in good moral standing. One day he saw some women workers fighting in his factory. Fontine was fighting someone else over her letter regarding Cosette, her daughter living at someone’s lodging … [ Read more… ]
Story by Victor Hugo Jean Valjean was granted probation after spending 19 years in jail. No one would hire him for a good job. He was told to see a priest who ended up giving him food and a night stay. He saw the silver utensils the priest used, and that night he stole them … [ Read more… ]
Movie used: Field of Dreams (MCA Universal 1988) Ray Kinsella is an ordinary farmer who heard a strange voice one day. Though not understanding what it means, he took the step of faith and followed it. We Christians may also hear God’s voices which we may consider as strange. Are you the kind who will … [ Read more… ]
The ancient Jedi prophecy: “One will bring balance to the Force” The Star Wars series is mainly the story of Anakin Skywalker and how he fulfilled the ancient prophecy of bringing balance to the Force. The universe at the time of boy Anakin was relatively peaceful. There were disputes among some star systems and the … [ Read more… ]