The Thin Place #47: Fever Pitch -- Obsession or Idolatry
The Thin Place
English - May 31, 2015 22:07 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBTV & Film Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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As the World Cup draws to a close, Ken and Todd discuss one of the best films ever made about our obsession with sports. What is the difference between enthusiasm and obsession? At what point does a central preoccupation become idolatrous? Is the film postmodern? And what does any of this have to do with the book of Ecclesiastes?