Bringing the Text to Life
The Christ-Files John 21:1-19
What if God is speaking, and no one is listening? What if Christ is calling, and no one is following?
Millions of Americans spend every Sunday night glued to their television sets, watching a Fox Television series called The X-Files. It inspires a kind of devotion usually reserved for Sunday morning worship, and for many people the show is an hour of sacred viewing.
This cult hit tells the story of two FBI agents who investigate "X-Files" -- cases involving paranormal or unexplained phenomena. The pair probes evidence of alien visitors, genetically mutated serial killers, unseen violent forces and even religious miracles. Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), preoccupied with paranormal activity, is the character convinced that "the truth is out there." His partner, Agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), is a medical doctor who balances Mulder's belief in the unknown with her own scientific skepticism.
As the two work to solve these mysterious cases, they encounter an increasing number of occurrences that defy scientific explanation. Agent Scully discovers that not everything fits her...