Phill Lytle

Virtue

Literature The Arts Television Film

“If There Be Any Virtue” – The Mid-Week Spotlight

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 Phill Lytle 2 Comments Television, Movies, Theology, Film, Books, Literature, Fantasy, Apologetics, Jeffrey Overstreet, Greg Koukl, The Story of Reality, Sports Night, Auralia's Colors, Sweet Land, Aaron Sorkin, Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Lois Smith, Ned Beatty, John Heard, Alex Kingston, Alan Cumming, Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman

You can find truth, beauty, and joy just about anywhere.

Clarence

Rambling Ever On Pays Tribute to Clarence Lewis

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Mark Sass, Phill Lytle, Nathan Patton, Michael Lytle, Gowdy Cannon and Allen Pointer 3 Comments Jesus, Family, Grief, Hope, Honor, Eternity, Tribute, Christian, Hospitality, Mourning, Mentor, Welcoming, Friendly

Anyone fortunate enough to know Clarence Lewis was better for it. We count ourselves among the fortunate.

Current Events Television Theology

Cancel Netflix? Why One Of Us Did And The Other Didn’t

September 16, 2020September 18, 2020 Gowdy Cannon and Phill Lytle 15 Comments Movies, Film, Boycott, Netflix, Cuties, Romans 14, Controversy, #CancelNetflix, Cancel Culture

Can we disagree about this?

Out of Body

Review: NEEDTOBREATHE – Out of Body

August 28, 2020June 10, 2021 Phill Lytle 2 Comments music, NEEDTOBREATHE, HARD LOVE, Rock and Roll, Christian Rock, The Outsiders, band, Out of Body, The Reckoning, Bear Rinehart, Bo Rinehart, Seth Bolt, Josh Lovelace

Our review of NEEDTOBREATHE’s long awaited new album.

Fatherhood

Make Fatherhood Great Again

August 26, 2020August 28, 2020 Phill Lytle 5 Comments Parenting, Family, Fatherhood, Dads, Christian Living

Fathers, it is time to step up.

There is hope

Even the Hardest Heart: Hope For the Prodigal

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 Phill Lytle 1 Comment Scripture, Prayer, Sin, Love, Hope, Songs, Doubt, The Church, Loss, Restoration, Questions, Whiteheart, Repentance, 2 Timothy

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.

World is too big

Current Events Theology

The World Is Too Big

June 23, 2020March 28, 2023 Phill Lytle 3 Comments Matthew, Andrew Peterson, Justice, Psalms, Suffering, Care, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Abortion, Hate, darkness, Healing, Proverbs, James, Serving, Theoden, Mordor, Isaiah, The Two Towers, 2 Chronicles, Light, Samwise Gamgee, Frodo Baggins, Persecution, Redemption, Poverty, Matthew 6, Is He Worthy?, Jehoshaphat, Brokenness, Disease, Human Trafficking, Listen, Speak, Act, Superman, Man of Steel, Clark Kent, Overwhelmed, Martha Kent, Shadows, Psalm 9, Psalm 34, Great Physician

Kingdom living surrounded by brokenness and shadows.

Steve Lytle

Rambling Ever On Pays Tribute To Steve Lytle

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020 Phill Lytle, Michael Lytle, David Lytle, Brandon Atwood and D.A. Speer 5 Comments Bible, Love, Christ, Family, Basketball, Dads, Books, Free Will Baptist, Humility, Devotion, Faith, Care, Thankful, Faithful, Tribute, Church, Missionary, Welch College, Legacy, Childhood, Gospel, C.S. Lewis, Agatha Christie, A Tale of Two Cities, Compassion, Birthday, Panama, Ministry

Today we pay tribute to a true man of God.

Bill and Ted

Five Most Excellent Life Lessons From Bill and Ted

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Phill Lytle 3 Comments Jesus, History, Time Traveling, Friends, Friendship, Hard Work, Moby Dick, 1980s, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Philosophy, Bill S. Preston Esq., Ted "Theodore" Logan, Bill and Ted, Bodacious, '80s, Marco Polo, George Washington, Sigmund Freud, Napoleon, Hundred Years' War, Classical Music, Mongolian Empire, Abraham Lincoln, Billy the Kid, Joan of Arc, Socrates, Wyld Stallyns, Time Machine, Time Travel, World Peace, Hunger, Poverty

Bill and Ted were wise. Let’s learn from their most excellent example.

The Chosen

Television Theology

Seeing Jesus Again for the First Time: A Review of “The Chosen”

May 12, 2020May 16, 2020 Phill Lytle 14 Comments Jesus, Gospel, The Chosen, Dallas Jenkins

God works in mysterious ways, even through a television series.