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How Not to Read the Bible: Lessons from Footloose

December 14, 2020 by Randal

In this video, I consider the lamentable Bible reading of Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon) as he uses biblical passages out of context as a pretext to get the town to lift their ban on school dances. All from the classic 1984 teen movie Footloose.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, Footloose, hermeneutics, prooftexting

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