Brent talks with Hannah Long about Wes Anderson’s 2012 movie ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

Hannah is a passionate cinephile. She writes cultural commentary and film criticism for a number of publications including ‘The Despatch’, ‘Angelus News’, ‘The Bulwark’, ‘First Things’ and ‘Christianity Today’.

• (0:45) Wes Anderson;
• (3:40) The story and the actors;
• (8:15) Romance;
• (14:30) Autobiographical?
• (15:50) A coming of age story?
• (18:15) Lost innocence;
• (19:50) Music and Britten;
• (22:40) Visual style;
• (25:00) Humor;
• (26:30) Indoors and outdoors;
• (28:40) The landscape;
• (31:00) Use of color;
• (32:15) Kingdoms;
• (36:00) Christian imagery.

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Gen Z carries unique questions about life and God.

Brent talks with Tanita Tualla Maddox about her new IVP book ‘What Gen Z Really Wants to Know About God: Seven Questions About Life and God’.

Tanita is the national director for generational impact for Young Life and serves as an associate regional director in the Mountain West Young Life region. She has an expertise in contextualizing the gospel for Gen Z and has been featured on podcasts and publications.

• (0:50) Gen Z;
• (2:20) Gen Z and the church;
• (4:15) Gen Z and the goodness of God;
• (6:40) Gen Z – ‘am I enough?’
• (8:10) Social media and Gen Z;
• (8:40) Gen Z and acceptance;
• (9:30) Authenticity;
• (11:30) Gen Z – ‘do all people matter to God’?
• (12:30) Gen Z and social justice;
• (13:40) Gen Z and trust;
• (16:40) Truth and Gen Z;
• (18:20) The gospel and Gen Z;
• (19:20) Gen Z and safety;
• (24:20) The Bible and Gen Z.

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tanitamaddox.com

www.amazon.com/What-Really-Wants-Know-About/dp/1514012162

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AI presents some profound challenges and extraordinary opportunities for the church.

Brent talks with Todd Korpi the author of a new IVP book called ‘AI Goes to Church: Pastoral Wisdom for Artificial Intelligence’.

Todd is a pastor, missiologist, and church consultant. He’s dean of digital ministry programs at Ascent College, assistant professor of Christian leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary and works in severall capacities at OneHope. He also serves as the lead researcher of the Digital Mission Consortia, a collaborative research initiative exploring the frontier of digital ministry.

• (1:15) The church and AI;
• (4:15) Why do we need to participate in the AI conversation?
• (5:10) What is AI?
• (6:20) What is super AI?
• (8:05) Star Trek;
• (9:55) Sentient AI?
• (10:55) Scripture and technology;
• (11:30) AI in ministry;
• (18:00) AI and sermon planning;
• (21:00) AI and mission;
• (23:20) AI clergy?
• (26:00) AI in higher education.

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www.toddkorpi.com

www.amazon.com/AI-Goes-Church-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1514011247

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