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Episode 38: The Grinch (2018): From Isolation to Belonging — A Parable of Tables, Not Spectacle.
🌲 The Grinch (2018): From Isolation to Belonging — A Parable of Tables, Not Spectacle.
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The Grinch believes the only way to...
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Episode 37: Elf (2003): Living Love Loud Enough to Change the People Around You
Buddy the Elf believes joy can change people, kindness can soften cynicism, and presence can rewrite a story—and he lives that belief without apology. But what if Elf (2003) is doing more than making us laugh? What if...
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Episode 36: The Empire Strikes Back (1980): The Cost of Rushing, the Power of Patience
Luke Skywalker doesn’t fail because he’s weak — he falters because he’s impatient.
The Empire Strikes Back is more than a sequel; it’s a formation drama. In this episode of Cinematic Scripture, Cyle explores how...
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Episode 35: Why Reading the Entire Bible Changes Everything
The Whole Story: Why Reading the Entire Bible Changes Everything
Stop Reading Verses. Start Reading the Story.
Most Christians read the Bible in fragments—verses for comfort, passages for clarity, chapters for...
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Episode 34: Genesis Season Two: Mercy in the Midst of Ruin
🎬 Genesis Season Two: Mercy in the Midst of Ruin Chapters: Genesis 4–12
When worship distorts, death multiplies, ambition grasps—and mercy begins again. Genesis 4–12 traces humanity’s descent (Cain, Enoch, the flood,...
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Episode 33: The Bible as a Unified Story – Uncovering God’s Redemptive Narrative
“The deep places in our lives... are reached only by stories.” —Walter Brueggemann
What if the Bible isn’t a reference manual—but a divine screenplay? In this episode of Cinematic Scripture, Cyle invites you to trace...
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Episode 32: The Dark Knight (2008): When the World Needs a Lie—and Jesus Tells the Truth
Batman takes the blame. Gotham gets to believe. But what happens when hope is built on a lie?
In this episode of Cinematic Scripture, we explore the haunting beauty of The Dark Knight—a film that sacrifices truth to...
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Episode 31: Halloween (1978): Unmasked—When Fear Becomes Formation and Evil Is Named
What if fear isn’t just a feeling—but a formation? What if evil isn’t just in the shadows—but in the silence we’ve learned to live with?
In this haunting episode of *Cinematic Scripture*, Cyle walks us through the...
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Episode 30: Why God Wired Us for Story: The Sacred Design Behind Narrative
We’ve been surrounded by stories our whole lives—movies, sermons, testimonies, Scripture. But somewhere along the way, we were taught a lie: Story is a distraction. It’s emotional fluff. Entertainment. Something to...
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Episode 29: Genesis Season One: When Trust Is the Foundation and the Fracture Begins
In this episode, we return to the overture of the biblical story—Genesis 1–3. Not just the beginning of the Bible, but the ache beneath every story we carry. These chapters introduce the world, the characters, the...
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Episode 28: The New World — When Story Becomes Discipleship
In today’s episode, I share the final movement of my journey—the return home changed. Like Frodo in The Lord of the Rings, I’ve come back to familiar ground, but I carry the ache of transformation.
This episode is...
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Episode 27: Jaws (1975): The Monster Beneath—When comfort hides danger, and courage enters the water.
What happens when danger is buried—and comfort becomes more sacred than truth?
In this episode of Cinematic Scripture, we listen deeply to the story of Jaws—not to extract theology, but to honor the ache it exposes....
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