If you like movies you’ll love the movie marathon on GMC that happenned yesterday. If you don’t have SkyAngel you might be saying - “Big deal. That was yesterday, it’s too late now!” Not with SkyAngel. No need for Tivo or other recording devices. All Faith Channels keep their last 48hrs of programming available for all their subscribers! So check out these great films anytime today or even tomorrow! Here’s the big list!

0800: The Way Home - 1000: A Mile in His Shoes - 1200: The Fifth Quarter - 1400: Facing the Giants - 1630 and 1830: Fireproof - Then from 1900 and repeating throught the rest of the evening the World Premiere of - “To Save a Life” hosted by KJ52.

                                                         Check these great family movies out! God bless and enjoy!

This 2,000,000 hit Youtube Viral video on abortion just hit SkyAngel on NRB! God bless NRB for showing this film! For SkyAngel viewers it just aired at 19:26 EST and will air again at 01:30am EST(10:30 Pacific). If you haven’t seen this yet please carve out the time to watch it now or when it is on 48hr playback! Please spread the word for the lives of unborn children! DirecTV owners also get NRB. I’m not sure about Dish. Check your local listings! Please spread the word! God bless!

See Preview Here –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Tcmj9d6Vo&feature=relmfu

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Do you like baseball movies? Do you like Christian films that are not just clean or family friendly but actually tackle tough subjects in a biblical manner? Well you’ll probably like “Milltown Pride”. Think of it as a low budget Christian version of “The Natural” with Robert Redford. OK so maybe that’s a stretch. It is a turn of the century baseball movie with a kid who has a natural talent for baseball. Rather a God given gift.

Will is the “Town Boy” from the right side of the rail road tracks who joins a mill baseball team from the other side of the tracks in hopes of catching the eye of a big league scout. Will is raised in a Christian home and always considered himself a Christian. Yet when the famous Billy Sunday comes to town he begins to recognize that maybe he’s not sure about his Christianity.

This movie contains a love story as well as other side issues. Some big ones are false conversion/false Christians, alcohol and prohibition, lying, and friendship. Each topic is handled pretty well. That is to say they were pretty biblically well handled. I especially like how they showed that while alcoholism is wrong, Proibition was not a “biblical” answer to the problem.

I really enjoyed the sermon delivered by the Billy Sunday character. He called people to turn from sin and follow Christ. I believe Billy probably would have just told people to repent back then, yet with even much of the American church sadly ignorant of the term it was good that he spelled it out for the film. Billy was passionate but not throwing Hellfire and brimstone! All in all it was a good Gospel presentation. Overall the film did a good job presenting solid biblical relationships and theology without getting preachy.

You might see this as a film like something Sherwood Pictures would have made(Fireproof, Facing the Giants, etc.)yet without the polish. Overall a good and safe family film. God bless!  

Trailer –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWNRWEWLXYY

Hey all! If you’re like me you like good Christian and family friendly films. If you’re even more like me you like to watch them cheap…or FREE! Don’t get me wrong. The convenience and variety of SkyAngels VOD section is awesome! The new Christmas section is better than last year by far! That said if you’re willing to do a little hunting you can find a lot of movies on regular channels. I sometimes give more specific detail but for a short post this really is just hints. Check out GMC,TBN, JCTV, INSP, and Cornerstone regularly. These have various movies on them all through the day. When browsing through the awesome 48hr playback feature of SkyAngel make sure to look for any movie an hour and a half or longer. It may just say “Movie”, but it is often a hiding gem. In recent weeks greats like Fireproof, Facing the Giants, Flywheel, Jesus of Nazareth, What If?, and many more have played. So do some browsing and enjoy the gems you uncover. Then, spread the word! God bless!

Ahhh… Since it is now 2012, It’s a great time for reflection and looking forward to what the new year may bring! On GMC, I watched the 5th Annual GMC Video Awards looking back on 2011’s most requested videos, and I noticed something very interesting: Most of Videos had something to do with strength! From not having enough strength, to being couragous, to getting stronger… it’s something that we all struggle with and can really relate to.  Us Believers know that strength ultimately comes from God.  Isaiah 41:10 says,

Fear not, for I am with you;
      Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
      I will strengthen you,
      Yes, I will help you,
      I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ 

So fear not my brothers and sisters in Christ! May we come humbly before His throne in prayer and ask for strength and boldness to be a witness for Him in this new year! Just something that I needed to hear from a few music videos! :)Â

I liked this movie. Minus a little off theology I really liked this movie! You have no doubt seeing that it is a Christian film. It has the quality of a Hallmark movie with good acting and a good story. However, while Hallmark will sometimes make a movie with a hat tip to God this movie is too full of prayer and talk of God and His activity in peoples lives to make it on their channel I’d guess. Mary is the main character who while hiking in the woods with her city slicker boyfriend finds an injured little girl who happens to be the daughter of a guy named Jack who owns the now defunct, “Christmas Lodge”. If you watch the trailer below you’ll see a spoiler so if you don’t like that, don’t watch the trailer. I couldn’t find one that didn’t have the spoiler in it either so sorry for that. So I won’t give anything away but let me just say this. If you like a movie that is pretty much fairy tale perfect, and everybody is Christian, and they “Live happily ever after”, you’ll love this movie! If you’re like me sometimes you really want a movie to be a break from reality, in a good way. This movie is that. I Look forward to more Thomas Kincade movies on SkyAngel. He’s both a painter and movie maker of light it seems. Enjoy!

Trailer here –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLbD2AafxYk 

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One of my favorite shows on Sky Angel is Joni and Friends.  I saw it on Channel 126 (NRB) at 11:30 AM on Dec. 12th.

Joni is handicapped — she is a quadriplegic.  I remember years ago seeing the movie Joni, where I learned her story.  She was a competitive swimmer.  However, one day she dove off of a dock into shallow water and broke her neck.  From that point until now, she has been paralyzed from the neck down.

Joni stuggled with questions about why God would allow her to become totally paralyzed, until she was finally able to trust God with her life.  She went on to start the radio program, TV program, and the ministry,  called Joni and Friends.

In her TV program, Joni explores the hard questions — why does God allow someone to be handicapped?  However, her programs are always filled with hope and trust in God.  And she is always finding a way to help someone who is handicapped, or highlighting a handicapped person who has overcome doubt in their own life.

I am always inspired when I watch Joni and Friends.  And thanks to the video rewind feature of Sky Angel, and the fact that many Sky Angel channels carry Joni and Friends, you can watch the show at anytime!

I just watched the Movie “The Heart of Christmas” the other day on GMC and was really blessed. Let me make one quick detracting comment then move on. The story is touching and heart moving, but it is NOT the heart of Christmas. No matter how nice a story is or how much it relates to God, is not the “Heart of Christmas”. Christ is. Now to the movie itself. This movie is a true story and will have you in tears. Think of it as a really well done advertisement for St. Jude Children’s Hospital. We have one mom who is a workaholic who’s perspective on life is changed after reading the blog of a mother dealing with a child dying from cancer. The love and support from staff and families at St. Judes is inspiring and there is enough religion thrown in to make you believe this is probably a Christian family, but just barely. In the end this is a well made Hallmark level movie with good acting and a touching story. If nothing else you should come away focussed more on family than keeping up with the Jones. Enjoy and God bless!�

Trailer Here –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chijIaIHRmY

Moving time has arrived for our household and I wish it was as easy as the picture!

Moving is stressful and can be overbearing at times. So many things to do and places to call to schedule the move. And the packing, yes the packing doesn’t end!

We made a wise plan to pack from 9am to 5pm and remember in between to take a break and eat. My haven in the evening is my recliner and watching Sky Angel IPTV.

The best part of having Sky Angel IPTV is I won’t have to schedule a moving installation and wait for someone to come. I just have to have the phone company turn on the DSL, turn on the TV and then plug in our Sky Angel IPTV receiver.

The last items to get packed will be the TV and the Sky Angel IPTV Receiver. It will also be the first items we unpack. We go to settlement on the 28^th and move on the 29^th so pray for us for strength!

OK everybody knows I’m a big Wretched fan. Well now my bias is even a little bigger. Todd recently introduced a new segment on the show where you send in a clip less than a minute long that you feel might bless people. Well I previously recored what I called “The Shortest synopsis on the Gospel of Mark Ever”. I put it on youtube a while ago. So I remade it for his new segment “Preacher’s Potluck”. At the bottom of my video I listed the web address to the evangelism ministry I head up. So it was kind of a “shameless plug”, as Todd himself likes to say. So all that to say if you watch Wretched for this Tuesday at 1:00am on 48hr playback you’ll see my segment giving you the shortest synopsis of the Gospel of Mark ever! God bless and enjoy!

Here’s the original clip from youtube below if you miss the show and still want to see the synopsis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqIA-ni-cOQ