Focus on the Family: “Christianity Today Relishes Sexual Perversion”
Boundless—a publication of Focus on the Family—has posted an open letter to Christianity Today lambasting it for giving Sex And The City a positive review. While I absolutely disagree with this assessment of CT—which I find to be an incredibly well-done and thoughtful publication, especially in their movie reviews—and find the letter’s tone a little sanctimonious, it does raise some interesting questions: is it possible to give a film a positive review without promoting or endorsing its content? Or are they really one in the same?
Related Links: Plugged In’s review of Sex And The City (Plugged In is another publication of Focus on the Family); CT’s Mark Moring responds to the negative Sex And The City feedback
Comments
RT
June 10, 2008 8:50pmI couldn’t read all the Boundless comments because they irritated me too much. However, I thought the Plugged In review gave a fair account.
I watched SATC last weekend—a decision made after knowing there would be a lot more sex than I was used to seeing on the edited/TBS version—and I really enjoyed the film. (I would have enjoyed an edited version much more though.) The movie featured friendships of women who stick with each other through thick and thin and it advocated forgiveness and grace far more than many Christians I know.
I’m sick and tired of fake righteousness and thus long for humility and honesty among the Christians I know. In that vein of thought, I completely understand the reviewer’s points in the Christianity Today article.