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    Hollywood Jesus Leader Guide: A Small Group Study Connecting Christ and Culture
    Hollywood Jesus Leader Guide: A Small Group Study Connecting Christ and Culture
    Hollywood Jesus Leader Guide: A Small Group Study Connecting Christ and Culture
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    Hollywood Jesus Leader Guide: A Small Group Study Connecting Christ and Culture

    By Matt Rawle

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    Pastor and author Matt Rawle is on a mission. He sees Christ all around him-in books, movies, TV shows, rock music-and he wants to share what he sees. As Matt says, "God offers the raw ingredients, and 'culture' is whatever we cook up."

    Hollywood Jesus is pastor and author Matt Rawle's study of Jesus and Christ figures in films including Cool Hand Luke, The Lion King, The Truman Show, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Explore what happens when script meets Scripture, when pop culture encounters the King of kings and Lord of lords.

    This Leader Guide contains everything needed to guide a group through the Participant Book and DVD. It includes session plans and discussion questions, as well as format options.

    Hollywood Jesus is part of The Pop in Culture Series of Bible studies in which Matt Rawle stirs up a tasty gumbo of insight, humor, and inspiration based on some of your favorite pop culture classics. A Participant Book, a DVD featuring four sessions with the author, and a Worship Resources Flash Drive also are available for group study.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbingdon Press
    Release dateAug 25, 2015
    ISBN9781501803949
    Hollywood Jesus Leader Guide: A Small Group Study Connecting Christ and Culture
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    Matt Rawle

    Matt Rawle is Lead Pastor at Asbury United Methodist Church in Bossier City, Louisiana. Matt is an international speaker who loves to tell an old story in a new way, especially at the intersection of pop culture and the church. He is the author of Jesus Revealed: The I Am Statements in the Gospel of John as well as The Pop in Culture Series, which includes The Heart that Grew Three Sizes, The Faith of a Mockingbird, Hollywood Jesus, The Salvation of Doctor Who, The Redemption of Scrooge, What Makes a Hero?, and The Gift of the Nutcracker.

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      Hollywood Jesus Leader Guide - Matt Rawle

      TO THE LEADER

      This Pop in Culture Bible study series is a collection of studies about faith and popular culture. Each study uses a work or medium of pop culture as a way to examine questions and issues of the Christian faith. Studies consist of a book, DVD, leader guide, and worship resources flash drive. Our hope and prayer is that the studies will open our eyes to the spiritual truths that exist all around us in books, movies, music, and television.

      As we walk with Christ, we discover the divine all around us, and in turn, the world invites us into a deeper picture of its Creator. Through this lens, we are invited to look at culture in a new and inviting way. We are invited to dive into the realms of literature, art, and entertainment to explore and discover how God is working in and through us and in the world around us to tell his great story of redemption and hope.

      For more than a century, film has been one of the most popular and prominent mediums for art and entertainment. And for more than a century, filmmakers have looked to Scripture—and particularly the story of Jesus found in the Gospels—for stories and material. Jesus first took to the big screen in the 1903 French silent film La vie et la passion de Jésus Christ (The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ) and has returned dozens of times since. Some of these portrayals of Christ became classics, some were controversial, and some just plain bombed with audiences. Regardless, Hollywood’s take on our Lord and Savior has certainly had an impact on our culture and our understanding of Jesus.

      In his book Hollywood Jesus, author and pastor Matt Rawle examines many of the ways in which moviegoers have encountered Jesus over the years. He looks at some of cinema’s most famous Jesus movies, such as Ben-Hur, Jesus of Nazareth, and The Passion of the Christ. But he also sees Jesus in films without a biblical setting, such as Star Wars, WALL-E, Cool Hand Luke, and Monsters, Inc. Participants in this study will consider these movies and several others, reflecting on what we can learn from the Jesus of Hollywood and how film can be a medium for spreading the gospel message.

      HOW TO FACILITATE THIS STUDY

      Participants in this study do not need to have seen any of the movies discussed. They will have opportunities to discuss where they have seen Christ in the movies they know and love. That said, you may get more out of this study if participants have some familiarity with the movies Rawle discusses. As you prepare for this study, encourage participants to check out some of these movies:

      • Ben-Hur

      • Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries)

      • Monty Python’s Life of Brian

      • The Star Wars trilogies

      • The Lord of the Rings trilogy

      • WALL-E

      • Cool Hand Luke

      • Monsters, Inc.

      This four-session study makes use of these components:

      • the study book, Hollywood Jesus by Matt Rawle

      • this Leader Guide

      • Hollywood Jesus DVD

      You will need a DVD player or computer, and a television or projection screen so that you can watch the DVD segments as part of your group session. Participants in the study will also need access to Bibles during the session; many activities will also require basic supplies including a markerboard or large sheets of paper and markers, pens and pencils, and index cards and/or slips of paper.

      Each session is structured into a 60-minute format:

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