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Then click over to our Facebook "ClickCast" Live this Sunday Dec 13, 8pm ET / 5pm PT. Artistic Director SHANE SOOTER and guest host KYLE IDLEMAN share the worldwide impact of City on a Hill through projects including “H20" and "The Easter Experience.”

Join us to hear about our latest production and discover how you can also be a part of this ministry. Click here for details and to RSVP.

December 8th, 1980

Here's the Time Magazine article written in the immediate aftermath of John Lennon's murder. Here's an excerpt from Steve Turner's The Gospel According to the Beatles as featured in Christianity Today. According to the latter, Lennon came very close to embracing Christianity in the final years of his life, but ultimately turned away. Matthew 19:16-30

Toy Story Reenactment

Here's a video of my kids reenacting a favorite scene from one of their favorite films.

Piling On

My hometown, Houston, TX, received its earliest snowfall on record. This is the second year in a row that it has snowed in Houston. In the thirty years I lived there, it never snowed two years in a row. Click here to read about it.

What About The Emporer's Other Outfits?

"Did you believe science was a disinterested pursuit of the truth? Well, you were wrong."

-David Berlinski
The Devil's Delusion

The Wall Street Journal's Daniel Henninger discusses how the Climategate scandal could cause the general public to doubt the objectivity of other controversial scientific claims. I think that's a good thing. For the full article, click here.

"'Global Warming,' Sir? I'm sorry that's just a bunch of scientist talk -same people who'd have you believe that my great-grandfather was a monkey. If he was a monkey, then why was he killed by a monkey?"

-30 Rock's Kenneth Parcell
Episode: "Sun Tea"
Air date: 11/19/2009

On a related note, here is a fantastic article by Salvo Magazine claiming that, contrary to stereotype, it is often the secular left (rather than Christians) who are against objective science.

♪"Many Years From Now"♪

My brother, Wil, posted this video on my facebook. I think it's hilarious and has a great premise. In fact, I think this is similar to what passes as "scholarship" on a lot of television specials about Biblical history.

Be sure to check out yesterday's post for more "not a fan" behind the scenes.

NOT A FAN BTS Webisode 03

"NOT A FAN" BTS Webisode 03 from City on a Hill Productions.

In this week’s hilarious webisode, electrician Matt Ware shines a light on the grip and electric department. Soak up the knowledge. These are pearls of wisdom, people!

"Following" Blog

City on a Hill Productions' Artistic Director, Shane Sooter, has a new blog chronicling the soul-searching that the "not a fan" project seems to induce. Check it out.

The Life Project

The Life Project from City on a Hill Productions.
Watch this video to learn about an important upcoming films series from City on a Hill Productions. To donate to this project, click here.

Christian Leaders Take Ecemunical Stand for Life, Liberty, and Marriage

Chuck Colson and various Anglican, Catholic, Evangelical, and Orthodox leaders have drafted and signed "The Manhattan Declaration," a document pledging protection of the sanctity of life, the institution of marriage, and religious freedom-even if it means civil disobedience.

To find out more, click here.