The clarifying statement on hell that cost me a teaching job

Last updated on: August 28, 2013 at 7:13 pm By Kevin Miller

For what it’s worth, here is article 10 of Trinity Western University’s statement of faith: God’s gospel requires a response that has eternal consequences. We believe that God commands everyone everywhere to believe the gospel by turning to Him in repentance and receiving the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that God will raise the dead bodily and judge the world, assigning the unbeliever to condemnation and eternal conscious punishment and the believer to eternal blessedness and joy with the Lord... Read more

Paying the price for my views on hell

Last updated on: August 28, 2013 at 12:37 pm By Kevin Miller

Some of you may know that I was slated to teach a class on documentary filmmaking this fall at Trinity Western University, a Christian liberal arts college in Langley, BC. I’ve had an ongoing relationship with Trinity over the years, serving as a guest speaker in their film classes, judging their student short film contest on numerous occasions and even staging a Q&A screening of Hellbound? there this past January, where we played to a packed house. So I was... Read more

Frank Schaeffer’s new novel — a must read

Last updated on: August 26, 2013 at 9:06 am By Kevin Miller

It’s called And God Said, Billy. I first read it in the summer of 2012. I liked it so much I agreed to adapt it into a screenplay. Brian McLaren also endorses the novel, saying it takes the reader “deep into the shallow psyche of a sincere Charismatic-Evangelical whose God fails him. That failure turns out, through a hilarious series of tragic-comic reversals, to be – let’s just say something close to miraculous.” The novel will be available for purchase... Read more

The best book on hell I’ve ever read

Last updated on: August 23, 2013 at 8:23 am By Kevin Miller

It’s called God’s Final Victory: A Comparable Philosophical Case for Universalism by John Kronen and Eric Reitan. This is far and away the most comprehensive, compelling and convincing book I’ve ever read on the topic. Whether you’re already a convinced or hopeful Universalist (or at least leaning in that direction) or if you’ve been won over to another view on hell by someone like Jerry Walls or Edward Fudge, I highly recommend you read this book. In my opinion, any... Read more

You never know what you’ll find on Youtube

Last updated on: August 19, 2013 at 6:17 pm By Kevin Miller

This is a TV show I did on Oct. 24, 2012, the day “Hellbound?” opened in Toronto. It was one of the recommended videos when I was watching something else on Youtube this morning. I didn’t realize it existed online until today. Read more

News of our Thomas Merton film project hits the wires

Last updated on: August 10, 2013 at 10:00 pm By Kevin Miller

Cathleen Falsani just wrote a very nice piece about The Divine Comedy of Thomas Merton, a feature film I’m writing with Hellbound? cinematographer Ben Eisner, who is set to direct this film. Brian McLaren also just gave our script a glowing endorsement, saying: Thomas Merton deserves to be known and read by a new generation, and Ben Eisner and Kevin Miller are creating an ideal vehicle to make the introduction. Those who have read Merton will find much here to... Read more

Plenty of new “Hellbound?” screenings coming up

Last updated on: August 5, 2013 at 8:54 pm By Kevin Miller

Over the next couple of months, the film will be playing at the Frison Festival in Sweden, at the Lion and Lamb Festival in Fort Wayne, IN, at Abilene Christian University and at the Augustana campus of the University of Alberta in Camrose, AB. Find out more about these and other screenings here. And don’t forget you can also buy/rent the film yourself. Links to all of your buying options here. Read more

“Hellbound?” to air on the Documentary Channel in Canada tonight

Last updated on: July 23, 2013 at 1:47 pm By Kevin Miller

It’s only a 52-minute version of the 84-minute film, so think of it as an extended trailer. Airs at 8pm EST tonight. Details here. Read more

Campaign to aid ex-Westboro Baptist church members

Last updated on: July 9, 2013 at 8:36 am By Kevin Miller

Lauren Drain, daughter of Steve Drain, a Westboro Baptist church member featured in Hellbound?, is starting a fund to help those who have left or been kicked out of the Westboro Baptist Church. A brief snippet from her campaign site: My name’s Lauren Danielle Drain and I’m one of several ex Westboro Baptist Church members that were forced to start a new life from scratch outside of the CULT. Some of us left by choice and others banished for questioning... Read more

Help us make “The Divine Comedy of Thomas Merton” a reality!

Last updated on: July 8, 2013 at 11:18 pm By Kevin Miller

We’ve just launched a 60-day IndieGoGo campaign to raise $2.2 million in development and pre-production costs for The Divine Comedy of Thomas Merton. We plan to release the film in 2015, just in time for the 100th anniversary of Merton’s birth. Please take a few moments to watch our pitch video, read about the film and see all of the exciting perks available to those who contribute to the campaign. It’s going to be an exciting journey, and we want you... Read more