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Welcome to RockyResources.com. This site is designed to provide useful tools to learn about Rocky Balboa, the final round in the award-winning Rocky franchise, and utilize the film as a teaching, preaching or outreach opportunity. If you are a church, school, or small group leader, there are some excellent resources here that will help you “get in the ring” with Rocky.Hmm. You know, I have heard that Sly has had a real change of heart regarding God, and is a follower of Jesus. But... I dunno. I went this route with the "Passion of the Christ," and I've always wondered if it was the right thing to do. I have since resisted the urge to
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But, Daaaaaannnnnn, think about walking up to the pulpit with the Rocky score playin' in the background...!
Good point, Robin. Actually though, we use the Bull's theme. (And now... steppin' up to the puuulpIt!...)
Utilizing my new scanner, I was just scanning some old pictures recently and one of them was a picture of me outside the Philadelphia Sports Spectrum by a statue of Rocky (as seen in Rocky III). So, having MET Rocky, I can tell you, he's no John Kennedy.
I also ran up the steps of the Philadelphia art museum. Stopping half-way to finish my Philly Steak sandwich.
Let's see, I've also been to Benjamin Franklin's grave. It says "a penny saved is a penny earned" and visitors have tossed pennies on it (it's a flat stone). More in the spirit of what Ben was talking about my Dad declined, saying "I just saved a penny."
Market Street was nice. But I didn't stop to pound any meat. Can I say that here?
mr,
Man... where do you come up with this stuff? :) You must have too much time on your hands while at "work".
I've been to the Johnny Appleseed festival...
Oh yeah, I also stood just inches from the Liberty Bell (and even closer to the Taco Bell)Philadelphia is a very interesting town if you're into history, but you have to have good shocks on your car, they preserved a lot of buildings AND the cobblestone roads, so you'll be driving along on a smooth paved road then all of a sudden your fillings are falling out. But enough of the tangent, I agree, I think The Passion really roped people in to a religious bandwagon, and I think Mel Gibson is about as good of a role model for religion (The Passion) as he was for patriotism (The Patriot). To this day, I haven't seen The Passion, and I wish I hadn't seen The Patriot. In the past, I would have said "good on ya, Mel" but he doesn't deserve his fame and fortune, if we'd have known what he was about, we'd have left him in the lurch. I'll be interested to see how his new movie, "Apocolypto" does when it's released tomorrow.
Huh, that's interesting.... I haven't heard much about "Apocolypto" opening this week. I wonder why? :)
I actually did like The Passion as a movie (and have the DVD if you ever want to borrow it). I wish I hadn't bought into the hype though. I'm sure Mel's just doing the best he can to put a little food on the table for his family. ;)
Well, I've had plenty of opportunity, but I really thought it was the scam of the century by Mel Gibson. Even before his ranting antics I really felt like he approached it from a marketing standpoint and decided there was money in religion. It's been on Pay-per-view and then On-Demand for free, but I still have not watched it. I really think Mel made that movie a faithful "merit badge" so that when your holier than thou neighbor asks you if YOU'VE seen it, you could say "oh yes, I'm a good Christian, I have SEEN Mel Gibson's movie." Like it's a Christian rite of passage or something. Not me, though, no thanks, I read the book (THE book). Thanks for the offer though, it may very well be a very good movie, but it's a very good movie I'm going to miss on principal.
I'm half-expecting him to come out with a manliness movie. Then he'll somehow convince men that they aren't manly unless they see this manly movie. So when people ask, I can say "YES! I'm Manly! I saw it!" Maybe the "Dale Earnhart Story", "what do you MEAN you din' seeit? Wus a matter wif you BOOA?"
However if you want to look into a new movie that is just daring you to preach about it, how about "The Nativity Story"? I haven't seen it, haven't heard about it, It just sounds like that sermon would write itself. Unless of course it was made by Mel Gibson's production company.
MR,
Nothin' wrong with standing on your principles. So I take it Mad Maxx and Lethal Weapon weren't your favorites either? :)
I would have to agree, I don't remember movies being marketed through the church until The Passion. I know some were, but not like that, and after that it seemed EVERYBODY wanted to jump on the bandwagon.
I will say, I don't know who put out The Nativity Story, but it COULD HAVE BEEN pushed heavily in the church, and for whatever reason really wasn't all that much. I was pleasantly surprised by that. It also has been endorsed by some people I respect a great deal, so I plan to see it soon.
And actually, I'm presently working on a sermon based on Rudolph.... the Island of misfit toys.
peace and happy snowblowing,
dh
While you're researching it, could you find out what was the problem that made the doll a misfit? They never say. Internet inquiries are vague, but I got as far as finding someone who claims that someone else, affiliated with Rankin/Bass said that her problems were more internal than external. This implies perhaps an anxiety problem, maybe panic attacks, but, again, it's never conclusively stated. I even have an ornament of her on my Christmas tree, and I don't see an imperfections.
I stopped a meeting in my bosses office last May with that question. "What was the doll's problem?" The techs look at each other, the programmers shrugged, and the IT director pulled his laptop forward..."AAALRIGHTY, HERE WE GO..." Whatever business we were talking about was put on hold while we researched.
The movie flacks went into overdrive with The Passion, but they've been marketing through the church for years. Focus On The Family backed up a loser "family film" about a pig who wears a tie and runs a business (where were they when Oliver Stone came up with Wall Street?). And two years ago Max Lucado pretzled together a few scriptural ties to The Polar Express. These sorts of efforts usually make the movie and the church look foolish.
I finally watched The Polar Express last year, and, for the life of me, I can't figure that one out. I remember receiving the lit to try to push it in the church and didn't understand the connection. Max is such a nice guy that no one probably wanted to cause a ruckus though. Sadly, movies aren't the only thing to have tried to use the church...
Did the movie you watched have really high highs and really low lows? If so, it might have been the bi-polar express.
mr,
Hey... you would probably LIKE the Polar Express... LOTS OF SNOW! I don't recall any snow-throwers though.
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