After all our introductions and background talks, Darren helps us to look at the first two chapters of the book of Ezra, which begin the story of the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem. He also poses some questions for us today which come out of this story.By Darren Mitchell

From The Good List! Two brothers just need to get away so they link up with a father and his kids and all take a road trip to Mexico. The brothers are also fugitives, the father and kids are their hostages, and the road trip takes them to the sketchiest bar in history. That isn’t even the messed up part yet because vampires show up! We’re joined by…

Lynn continues setting the scene for our new series by giving the context about the exile of the Israelites, and also looking at possible parallels to our nation today. A link to her slides is below, some images have been removed for copyright reasons. She encourages us to listen to a song which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g…

Alan helps us to understand how the story of Ezra and Nehemiah fit into the bigger picture of the Old Testament, and how it's relevant to us today. A link to his slides is below.By Alan Siu

From The Bad List! A young man sets out to make his mark in the world of theoretical physics by figuring out how to split the atom, inventing rock and roll, developing the world’s first surfboard, and wooing Marie Curie. Who is this man? It’s Albert Einstein of course! Find us on: Instagram Discord Email us goodmoviebadmoviepod@gmail.com Ally’s Ins…

Darren introduces our new preaching series with an overview of the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. There is a short break in the video, apologies. A link to his slides is below, some images have been removed for copyright reasons. You might also enjoy the video ‘Ezra-Nehemiah summary’ on www.bibleproject.com/explore…

From The Good List! A neurosurgeon has two problems: first, the terrible reputation of his family follows him everywhere he goes, and second, his fiancée won’t have sex with him. So he does what anyone would do and moves to Transylvania to reanimate a dead body and put on a musical number! Find us on: Instagram Discord Email us goodmoviebadmoviepod…

From The Bad List! A group of fedoras in trench coats recruit a definitely still college-aged Steve McQueen to be their getaway driver during a bank heist in St. Louis. That is until a tried and true problem occurs: a dame! Find us on: Instagram Discord Email us goodmoviebadmoviepod@gmail.com Ally’s Instagram Matt’s Instagram Good Movie, Bad Movie …

From The Good List! In the months between summer 1903 and spring 1904, the Smith family sing songs, dance, cook soup, and prove that the best way to fall in love is to tell someone that you need them to help you turn off the lights because you’re afraid of mice. Find us on: Instagram Discord Email us goodmoviebadmoviepod@gmail.com Ally’s Instagram …

From The Bad List! Time is money. Literally! Oh it’s also your life and the moment your clock hits zero, you’re dead! That’s the world these characters live in as most struggle to see tomorrow while others have centuries to waste. But as this world and its message unfolds, the most difficult thing to believe is thinking Cillian Murphy looks 25. Fin…

Jane shares some thoughts about ways in which Heaven is glimpsed on Earth. A link to her slides is below. She finishes her talk by playing The Revelation Song by Jennie Lee Riddle, which can be viewed by copying and pasting this link into your browser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cXQpD2g49gBy Jane Eddison

From The Good List! A world where the ultra rich look down on the working class, see no value in their lives, and plan to replace them with machines. No, I’m not talking about our world with AI, but rather this blatantly obvious neon sign of a warning given to us nearly a century ago. One where robots are used for two things: replacing the poor and…

In this part two of our two-parter about generosity, Alan explores what it means for us to live generously. He finished his talk with a song which has been cut from this recording, but the words are at the end of his slides (attached here) and you can hear the song on YouTube, just copy and paste this link into your browser: https://www.youtube.com…

From The Bad List! Straight off the success of the Scary Movie franchise, The Wayans brothers star as FBI agents Kevin and Marcus. They try to prove to their boss that they are capable employees by going undercover as two White heiresses to prevent a kidnapping only that prove my instincts were correct to avoid this movie were, in fact, correct. Fi…

Mark shares some thoughts from the book of Elisha. A link to his slides is below, some images have been removed.By Mark Shephard

In this part one of a two-parter about generosity, Darren unpacks the generosity of the God we believe in. A link to his slides is below.By Darren Mitchell

From The Good List! Two down-on-their-luck musicians witness a mob hit and have to go into hiding with an all-female band. When their interpersonal relationships get messy, how long can they keep up the act before they’re caught? Join us for a movie about the first two contests eliminated from Drag Race. Find us on: Instagram Discord Email us goodm…

Trevor poses some questions to help us reflect back on this Ephesians series, discuss what we've learned and how it's changed us. A link to his slides is below. There's a 9 minute video in the middle, from The Bible Project, which can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Y71r-T98E2Q…

From The Bad List! An absolute ghoul of a man is set to marry the woman of his dreams until she inexplicably decides to blow up their relationship by sleeping with his best friend. Try as he may to understand why she did this to him, no one will ever have the answer because the script lacks any sense of plot, character arcs, and even the slightest …

Trevor rounds off our Ephesians series with these final verses from Paul. A link to Trevor's slides is below.By Trevor Withers

Lynn unpacks this passage in Ephesians. This recording is audio only and the sound is variable due to tecnical issues, apologies. A link to her slides is below, images have been removed for copyright reasons.By Lynn Yee

From The Good List! Two friends hang out, discuss life, love, the moral implications tied to fantasy stories and question if they are on the right path. They are also both completely neglecting their jobs while they do this, and only ask one thing: if you plan to shoplift, let them know. Find us on: Instagram Discord Email us goodmoviebadmoviepod@g…

Andrew looks at this next passage from Ephesians. A link to his slides is below.By Andrew Chan

From The Bad List! A human cop and a puppet detective try to find out who's picking off cast members of a TV show to inherit their collective wealth. Two-time Academy Award Nominee, Melissa McCarthy, bites a puppet’s crotch in this film that is the result of giving a 12-year-old on a sugar bender a copy of Final Draft after watching too much HBO. F…

Alan tackles this next passage from Ephesians. There is a break in the recording near the end, apologies. A link to his slides is below.By Alan Siu

Trevor looks at this next passage from Ephesians. A link to his slides is below.By Trevor Withers

From The Good List! Scouted while playing banjo in a swamp, Kermit the Frog decides to give Hollywood a shot. On his way he’ll outrun a sleazy entrepreneur, sing songs, fall in love, and most impressively, ride a bike! We cried a tiny bit. Find us on: Instagram Discord Email us goodmoviebadmoviepod@gmail.com Ally’s Instagram Matt’s Instagram Good M…

Rebecca shares from this next passage in Ephesians. There is a break in the middle due to technical difficulties, apologies! A link to her slides is below (images have been removed for copyright reasons).By Rebecca Mitchell

From The Bad List! A ragtag team consisting of Ferris Bueller, Leon the Professional, a guy who does half the voices of Springfield, and a woman whose film career did not recover from this film are assembled to save New York from a giant rampaging lizard and its babies. We are rejoined by Christopher Page from The Time Shifters Podcast and Orphaned…

This Easter Sunday, Laurence gives an overview of the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus. A link to his slides is below.By Laurence Singlehurst

YanYan gives a practical talk from the next passage in our Ephesians series. A link to her slides is below.By YanYan Liu

From The Good List! A bunch of politicians and cabinet members hold meetings, ask questions, get wrong answers, and don’t know what to do when a bunch of scientists are analyzing data on a rather large, googly-eyed creature they have never seen before as it stomps across their country and destroys everything it touches. We are joined by Christopher…

Elizabeth looks at this next passage in Ephesians. A link to her slides is below (images have been removed for copyright reasons).By Elizabeth Harris

From The Bad List! Would you like to see a dark comedy about a bumbling low-rent mobster type who falls for a tough, smart woman while helping inspire the confidence of the target he kidnapped to save his slimy boss from prosecution? Yeah, I’d like to see that too, ‘cause this ain’t it! Find us on: Instagram Discord Email us goodmoviebadmoviepod@gm…

Darren shares some thoughts from this next passage from Ephesians. A link to his slides is below.By Darren Mitchell

Trevor tackles this well-known passage from Ephesians. A link to his slides is below.By Trevor Withers

From The Good List! In this feature-length Cat Stevens music video, a 70’s emo kid with a flair for the dramatic meets a feisty geriatric car thief at the funerals they both crash. Filled with hippy-dippy spirit and elaborate displays of dark humor! Find us on: Instagram Discord Email us goodmoviebadmoviepod@gmail.com Ally’s Instagram Matt’s Instag…

From The Bad List! Seven of the tropiest friends celebrate graduating college by doing what any group of early 20-somethings do: drink booze, have sex, and party away in a cabin in the woods where no one can hear them scream! That is until they realize they may have lived this nightmare already! Find us on: Instagram Discord Email us goodmoviebadmo…

From The Good List! A TV weatherman is trapped reliving the same day over and over and is the only person able to remember each of the previous days. For whatever reason, whether it be God, the devil, time, random magic, a curse, or just the infinite powers of the cosmos, this one dude was singled out as special enough for all this power to be used…

From The Bad List! In a nuanced portrayal of how violence begets violence and how adults need to take children’s concerns seriously, an unintentionally hilarious movie about trauma is born. Join us for this holiday classic that doesn’t make sex sexy, violence scary, or Christmas the most wonderful time of the year. Find us on: Instagram Discord Ema…

From The Good List! In what is arguably the worst hazing process of all time, a sorority finds themselves dealing with death and disappearances over the course of two nights, smack dab in the middle of the holiday season. Interpersonal drama and lots of booze fuel the ignorance of a group of 20-somethings as they are picked off one by one. Find us …

From The Bad List! Rather than get their 10-year-old son therapy, a couple sends the kid on his bicycle to a hardware store to pick up a box of nails just before a terrible storm hits. Luckily this kid finds shelter in a library before being transported to an animated world of nightmares where he needs to learn to stop being such a little bitch and…

From The Good List! A boy copes with the death of his mother by ditching class so that he can do the truly irresponsible thing of reading a book. A book that takes him to a world full of unique and interesting characters as it is explored by the one young warrior who can save it from destruction brought upon by a global existential crisis. Find us …

From The Bad List! If you ever wanted to see a leather-clad woman doing parkour in open-toed pumps, have we got a film for you! After making history as the first Black woman to win a lead actress Oscar, Halle Berry’s next big film tells the story of…uhhh..something! I’m sure of it! I think… Find us on: Instagram Discord Email us goodmoviebadmoviepo…

From The Good List! Warning to men everywhere! If you see a beautiful woman in a public setting, not picking up her own trash, do not approach! She might maul you! Also please ignore the sign that says, “Do not feed the podcasters,” we are always hungry. Is she female or feline or is she simply, *gasp* foreign? Find us on: Instagram Discord Email u…

From The Bad List! When a retired police officer is in the wrong place at the wrong time, his former partner vows revenge. Little does that guy know that an entirely different crime was being committed and an investigator from Japan arrives to illegally recover a stolen prototype without the knowledge of the US government. Despite their initial con…

From The Good List! A rookie detective has to combat the fact that his service gun has been stolen and with the unrelenting heat. Oh God, the heat! So much sweating! So many people fanning themselves! It looks miserable! Anyway, he teams up with a seasoned detective who teaches him valuable lessons like: you don’t just yell at the people you need t…

From The Bad List! In what someone would describe as “a movie,” the murder of a pharmaceutical company CEO kicks off the start of less of a whodunit and more of a “what is Succession was written by AI?” Released in Europe under the name “Audrey Hepburn needs a paycheck.” Find us on: Instagram Discord Email us goodmoviebadmoviepod@gmail.com Ally’s I…

From The Good List! Sheila storms out of a party and begins to walk home. She is carelessly hit by a drunk driver leaving the same party. Now one year later, Sheila’s partner invites multiple attendees to a party on a boat for an elaborate game to uncover everyone’s dirty secrets. An addicted heiress, mustachioed screenwriter, ditsy Hollywood agent…

From The Bad List! When the actor who portrayed Detective Dave Starsky thought to himself “hey, I can write and direct a movie that features an NBA star and the cute kid from A Bronx Tale. What can go wrong?” he had no idea what he would unleash upon the world. Find us on: Instagram Discord Email us goodmoviebadmoviepod@gmail.com Ally’s Instagram M…