David McNutt (PhD, University of Cambridge) is senior acquisitions editor at Zondervan Academic and Associate Lecturer of Core Studies at Wheaton College. He is also the co-author of Know the Theologians, an ordained Presbyterian minister, the co-founder of McNuttshell Ministries, and a fellow of the Center for Pastor Theologians.
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The Greatest Story Ever Adapted: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and the Adaptation at the Heart of the Gospel

Why does this story continue to appeal to us? What does this latest version say about both the filmmaker and us?

On Long-Suffering Odysseus: Why Christians Should Read Classics Written Before Jesus

Despite its ancient context and mythological genre, The Odyssey points us to truths that we can readily embrace as Christian readers.

The Ending Is the Drama: Mission: Impossible, Fairy Stories, and the Longing for Consolation

The Mission: Impossible films appeal to us because they offer a kind of terrifying drama that ends in assurance and consolation.

A Cinematic Theology of the Cross: Despair and Hope in Paul Schrader’s First Reformed

At its core, First Reformed is about the perennial challenge of maintaining faith and hope in the midst of doubt and despair.