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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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Episode 26: The Opposition – Can the Rewrite Be Sacred?
The Opposition – Can the Rewrite Be Sacred?
Every great story has a moment of resistance. A force that pushes back against the action. A cost that clarifies what the calling truly demands.
In this episode of Cinematic...
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Episode 25: Genesis 4 – Worship Distorted, Mercy Preserved
Sin doesn’t just fracture our relationship with God—it distorts our worship, poisons our identity, and ruptures our brotherhood.
In this episode of Cinematic Scripture, we explore Genesis 4 as the first post-Eden...
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Episode 24: The Action — When the Gospel Finds You in Frames. My Journey from Attention to Incarnation
🎙️ Episode: The Action — When the Gospel Finds You in Frames. My Journey from Attention to Incarnation.
Every great story has a moment of response—a shift from ache to action, from disruption to direction. In this...
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Episode 23: Jurassic Park: The Illusion of Control and the Gospel of Protection
Jurassic Park: The Illusion of Control and the Gospel of Protection
What happens when we play god—and creation roars back? In this episode of Cinematic Scripture, Cyle Harless explores the sacred tension at the heart...
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Episode 22: The Disruption – Can Disruption Be Holy? My Ache for a Church that Could Hold Story
Before I ever taught on faith and film, I lived through the ache of disruption. In this deeply personal episode of Cinematic Scripture, I share my journey through fragile faith, ministry burnout, and the sacred...
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Episode 21: The World – Can Story Be Sacred? My Faith & Film Journey
Before I ever taught on faith and film, I wrestled with the tension between them.
In this episode of Cinematic Scripture, I share my personal journey—from growing up in the pews to finding gospel echoes in popcorn...
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Episode 20: The Courage to Care: Repentance and Re-creation in Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (2012)
🌱 Episode: The Courage to Care: Repentance and Re-creation in Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (2012) Truffula trees. Plastic paradise. An orange prophet with a mustache. At first glance, The Lorax (2012) is a playful warning...
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