The Integrity of Joseph Chambers (A Movie Review)

Episode 86 – 

Released in February of 2023 (USA), “The Integrity of Joseph Chambers” is a movie that dredges the depths of what it means to be a man.  Joseph, haunted by an insecurity about his manliness, is driven to risk everything he loves to erase that insecurity.  When things go from irresponsible to irrevocable, Joseph’s real test of manliness begins.

Chad, projector and popcorn in-hand, has the lead role for this feature film of an episode.  Playing Siskel to Chad’s Ebert, Ben piggybacks his way into profundity as movie critic and co-host.  The two sit with this movie’s tension and try to learn its greatest lesson.  Has modern society’s “need” for men diminished over time, and if so, what does that do to a man’s psyche?  What do we mean when we say that every man asks himself “Do I have what it takes?”  And what in the end is the real measure of a man?    

SHOW NOTES:

Gospel Coalition review:  Painful Redemption in ‘The Integrity of Joseph Chambers’ (thegospelcoalition.org)

Gospel Coalition article cited in episode:  Savior or Stoics? Why Modern Men Look for Spiritual Wisdom Outside the Church (thegospelcoalition.org)