I believe that this just might be what some would call "jumping the
shark." If any Christian thinks that they are going to get fair
treatment on these shows, they are a lot more stupid than I thought they
were.
David
"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it
costs when it's free
"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it
costs when it's free."*---P. J. O'Rourke*
On 1/20/2014 1:55 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Religion News Service
Megachurch drama coming to your TV
Laura Turner <http://lauraturner.religionnews.com/author/lauraturner/>
| Jan 17, 2014
The lives of the faithful have increasingly become fodder for reality
television. See LifetimeâEUR^(TM)s short-lived /PreacherâEUR^(TM)s
Wives
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/31/preacher-wives-tlc-orders_n_1244498.html>/;
OxygenâEUR^(TM)s /Preachers of LA <http://preachers-of-la.oxygen.com/>
/(Tagline: âEURoeLiving the God LifeâEUR?); and /PreacherâEUR^(TM)s
Daughters/, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preachers%27_Daughters>
which follows three teenage girls navigating the travails that befall
those unfortunate creatures born to pastors. As churches grow in size
and cultural influence, they can also become good (or poor) entertainment.
Now, NBC has ordered the pilot of a drama
<http://www.avclub.com/article/creator-of-camp-and-mercy-working-on-megachurch-dr-107032?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=Default%3A1%3ADefault>
from Liz Heldens, creator of such TV shows as /Camp /and /Mercy. /This
show, /Salvation /(not to be confused with /Snake: Salvation/,
/Terminator Salvation, /or /âEURoeSupernaturalâEUR? Salvation/) takes
place at a Texas megachurch and âEUR?will delve into âEURoefaith,
family and corruption,âEUR^(TM) revolving around a lead character
whose husband dies under mysterious circumstances.âEUR?
Thewrap.com
<http://www.thewrap.com/nbc-david-janollari-pilot-salvation> reports
that the showâEUR^(TM)s producer will be David Janollari, the producer
of /Six Feet Under/, who will surely bring some life-and-death drama
from that show to this. One interesting detail is the name of the main
character: Jennifer Strickland will be the central figure in
/Salvation/, according to thewrap.com and other sources âEUR" a woman
âEURoewho has to defend her children, church and religious beliefs
after her husband dies under mysterious circumstances.âEUR?
A quick Google result of the name yields another Jennifer Strickland
<http://www.jenniferstrickland.net/>, also a Christian and a former
fashion model who now speaks to young women across America about how
destructive the modeling world was and how to turn to God to recognize
their real beauty.
Strickland aside, IâEUR^(TM)m curious to see how the show will fare. I
doubt IâEUR^(TM)ll be watching, and I bristle at the suggestion that
megachurch politics (which certainly exist) might lead to physical
harm or death. Megachurches, which absolutely face difficult issues of
power and ego on their own, are not quite the halls of power of
Congress or the Pentagon. So the âEURoecorruptionâEUR? the
showâEUR^(TM)s writers speak about will be interesting to watch
unfold. I mean, we Christians may be a terminally nice lot who avoid
confrontation and leave passive-aggressive voicemails for each other,
but it will take some seriously skillful (or manipulative)
storytelling to pull off a television show like this.
Then again, maybe Reformed pastor John Piper meant something else when
he famously tweeted, âEURoeFarewell, Rob Bell
<https://twitter.com/JohnPiper/status/41590656421863424>,âEUR? about a
fellow pastor with whom he disagreed. Perhaps there is a seamy
underbelly of evangelicalism with a mob and plenty of hit men ready to
take out anyone who doesnâEUR^(TM)t affirm supralapsarianism
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_order_of_God%27s_decrees>. That
scenario seems more possible to me than the world suggested in
/Salvation/.
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