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Real Life Woman Inspires Billy Graham Movie

By The John Ankerberg Show / August 16, 2000

By: Stephen Wistar; ©2000 Stephen Wistar describes a real life woman, whose keen insight into the needs of her neighbors helped create a character in a movie—not to mention revising…

Passing the Torch: Billy Graham’s Amsterdam 2000

By The John Ankerberg Show / August 16, 2000

By: Dr. Ted Baehr; ©2000 How is the nature of evangelism going to change in the 21st century? This and other questions were discussed at Amsterdam 2000, which was attended…

Let the Sleepers Wake: A Brief History of Politics and Film

By The John Ankerberg Show / August 16, 2000

By: Dr. Tom Snyder; ©2000 Dr. Tom Snyder, Managing Editor for Movie-Guide Magazine, looks at the treatment of politics by film makers in the 20th century.   Contents 1 LET…

Led Astray!

By The John Ankerberg Show / August 16, 2000

By: Dr. Ted Baehr; ©2000 Can you get a true picture of movies by reading or hearing the critics in newspapers, radio or television? What areas are they missing? Does…

Inoculate Your Children Against Political Correctness!

By The John Ankerberg Show / August 16, 2000

By: Dr. Tom Snyder; ©2000 What are the dangers of being “politically correct”? Should you be worried that your children are being taught political correctness through such programs as Outcome…

How Could ABC?

By The John Ankerberg Show / August 16, 2000

By: Dr. Ted Baehr; ©2000 As the fallout from Peter Jennings’ “The Search for Jesus” continues, Dr. Baehr reprints a “Letter to the Editor” which shows the impact the special…

Infusing Some Humanity into Disney’s “Inspector Gadget”

By The John Ankerberg Show / August 12, 2000

By: Dr. Ted Baehr; ©2000 Dr. Baehr writes: “Inspector Gadget is a comedy with a thousand moving parts that uses a vast array of gizmos to help good overcome evil.…

Good Clean Fun

By The John Ankerberg Show / August 12, 2000

By: Dr. Ted Baehr; ©2000 This month Dr. Baehr shares with us an article about his MovieGuide ® magazine and website, and the impact they can have on families who…

Gimme that Good Ol’ Gospel Music

By The John Ankerberg Show / August 12, 2000

By: Benford Stanley; ©2000 Benford Stanley presents an interesting history of the music we know as “gospel,” and some of the people who have been of particular influence. As we…

Evidence on Media Violence Still Stands

By The John Ankerberg Show / August 12, 2000

By: Dale Kunkel; ©2000 Despite claims to the contrary, there is a very real relationship between violence in the media and violence in society. Dale Kunkel, in an article first…

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