
The Plugged In Show, Episode 160: Lurching Toward Transcendence & Avatar: The Way of Water
This week on The Plugged In Show, we talk about Marvel’s cosmic scope creep and what it all means—narratively and spiritually.

This week on The Plugged In Show, we talk about Marvel’s cosmic scope creep and what it all means—narratively and spiritually.

Just a few months ago, Pixar/Disney’s Lightyear was considered a massive Mouse House dud. Strange World said, “Hold my juice box.”

Not much entertainment from 1843 has survived long enough to find a home in today’s pop-culture miasma. But Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has.

This week on the Plugged In Show, we talk about how to have conversations with your family about entertainment and technology.

Through Tangmo’s death, God has brought the message of salvation to His chosen in Thailand.

The stakes keep going up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But oddly, that sometimes makes it harder for us to care.

We talk a lot about screen time here at Plugged In. The less time your kids spend in front of a screen, the better, we often say. And it’s true.
Or is it?

Flawed heroes remind us that we don’t need to be perfect in order to do good. They still need a perfect Savior just as we do.

Just as The Lord of the Rings lines up strikingly close to Christian belief, the island nation of Númenor mimics the biblical Kingdom of Judah.

Worldview can be so important—and yet it’s not nearly as easily recorded in our reviews.
Good media discernment is about guarding our eyes and hearts before we watch or listen. And it’s also about grappling with the entertainment we do see or hear. That’s why the Plugged In Blog is devoted to guarding, discussing and grappling. About Plugged In >>