At the Movies - City Church Memphis

Titanic

April 28, 2024 • Dr. Chris Foster

Jesus, predominantly preached through stories calledparables. A parable is a timely story that teaches a timeless principle. It is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. It is a physical analogy that relays a spiritual reality. The movie is a modern-day parable. In this series we are going to mirror the majesty of our maker by using stories to creatively and compellingly convey a Biblical truths and principles to change our lives.

At the Movies: Spider-Man

May 28, 2023

The book of Acts reads like a chronicle of extraordinary people. Stephen however, shows us that being faithful in the frugal, matters so much more. Just like Spider-Man, with great power comes great responsibility.

Iron Man

May 7, 2023

The movie is the modern-day parable. And today we continue with our series with our guest speaker, Pastor Paul Strong. We are going to be looking at Iron Man and its corollary in the Bible.

Superman

April 30, 2023 • Dr. Chris Foster

The movie is the modern-day parable. Today Dr. Foster springboards off of an iconic superhero to discover the real power of God's word being fulfilled in your life.

Batman

April 23, 2023 • Dr. Chris Foster

We are in week two of At the Movies. Today, Dr. Foster leans on the modern-day parable of Batman to guide our Biblical discussion. From Riddler to Two-face, Batman had his fair share of villain opposition. But we will discover today through the Bible how your villains can make you great.

Pirates of the Caribbean

April 16, 2023 • Dr. Chris Foster

Jesus almost exclusively used parables when He taught. A parable is a timely story with a timeless truth. Did you know, the word treasure is found over 100 times in your Bible? Today we are going to discover what it takes to find and keep the treasure God has for us.

Top Gun

October 30, 2022

Could it be that our motivation would lead us to misplace our true meaning as believers? Top Gun shows us that being a good wingman can usher people to their God-given purpose.

Creed

October 23, 2022 • Dr. Chris Foster

A Parable is a timely story with a timeless truth, it is a physical analogy that reflects a spiritual reality. The Movie is the modern-day parable. Today we look at the 7th movie in the Rocky series, Creed. As we do Dr. Foster will draw powerful parallels between the training a boxer does and the training we need to win the fights of life. We will discover we can't fight alone and most importantly how to get up when life has knocked you down.

The Force Awakens

October 9, 2022 • Dr. Chris Foster

Jesus never taught without using parables. A parable is a timely story with a timeless truth. Movies are the modern day parable. Today we kick off our new series with one of the most successful movies of all time, The Force Awakens. Dr Foster will be teaching on angels and demons, the dark side and the light side, and find out how to access the power of the force in your life.