Joseph Holmes

6 days ago | julieroys.com | Joseph Holmes |Julie Roys

People might disagree whether Jesus is King, but he certainly is ruling the box office this Easter season. For the past three weeks, there’s been a Jesus movie in the top 10 at the U.S. box office. Three weeks ago, “The Chosen: The Last Supper Part 1” was No. 3 on the list. Last week, “The Chosen: The Last Supper Part 2” also reached No. 3, and “Part 1” came in at No. 7.

1 week ago | religionunplugged.com | Joseph Holmes

(REVIEW) Evil vampires are having a heavy resurgence lately.

1 week ago | religionunplugged.com | Joseph Holmes

(REVIEW) It looks like “The Chosen” isn’t tired of winning yet. After a headline-grabbingly good first weekend where the first part in its three-part theatrical Season 5 release scored No. 3 at the U.S. box office, the series decided to outdo itself in its second weekend. The second weekend saw “The Chosen” at two spots in box office top ten: Part 2 was at No. 3 again, while Part 1 finished at No. 7. This is a well-deserved success.

2 weeks ago | religionunplugged.com | Joseph Holmes

(REVIEW) “The Chosen: The Last Supper Part 1” (the title of the TV series’ fifth season, which I reviewed here) made headlines its opening weekend by hitting No. 3 at the U.S. box office, just behind “A Working Man” and “Snow White.” As Collider reported, “The Chosen” “collected $15 million at the domestic box office from only 1,644 screens, roughly half that of “A Working Man” and more than 2,000 fewer than “Snow White.” Dallas Jenkins, in a rare moment of trolling, posted on Facebook: “I...

3 weeks ago | aaronrenn.com | Joseph Holmes

This is a guest post by Joseph Holmes. In 2016, three major movies came out that claimed to answer the question of how to live as a Christian in a post-Christian society. Now, in 2025, we can see much of the fruit of the vision they cast for Christians in how they engage with politics, for good and ill. 2016 was a time of great anxiety for Christians. Christians were increasingly aware that they were entering a “post-Christian society”, which Aaron Renn eventually labeled the “Negative World”.