Category Archives: Michael Landon

Is Star Wars Demonic, and Should Christians See It?

Posted on January 6, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

I am reading Peter Jones’ The Other Worldview: Exposing Christianity’s Greatest Threat.  I received a complimentary review copy.  Not long ago, I linked to Jones’ critical article about Star Wars. A key villain in Jones’ book, and article, is the … Continue reading →

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Thinking of Revisiting the Love Comes Softly Series

Posted on November 28, 2014 by jamesbradfordpate

A while back, when I got the Hallmark Channel, the channel would frequently play the movie versions of Janette Oke’s Love Comes Softly series.  Michael Landon, Jr. directed some of them, and Katherine Heigl was in the first two.  Sometimes, … Continue reading →

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Margie Impert in Magnum, P.I.

Posted on August 12, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

I’m a Highway to Heaven fan.  I watched it regularly when I was a kid coming home from school, and I own the first three seasons as an adult.  (Unfortunately, A&E only released the first three seasons.) One character I’ve … Continue reading →

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Faith Healer

Posted on March 24, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

I watched the Little House on the Prairie episode “Faith Healer” last night.  What’s ironic is that Nick Norelli had a post this morning about how he used to judge people as not having enough faith if they were not … Continue reading →

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A Source of Wisdom

Posted on January 13, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

January 12’s Our Daily Bread was interesting to me.  In that entry, Julie Ackerman Link says that people often stop her friend Anna on the street when they are looking for directions, and Julie goes into different reasons for this: … Continue reading →

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Bonanza: A Dream to Dream

Posted on August 1, 2011 by jamesbradfordpate

I just watched the Little House on the Prairie episode from Season 5, “Someone Please Love Me”, and I read that it is similar to a Bonanza episode that Michael Landon wrote, “A Dream to Dream.” I am watching the … Continue reading →

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When God Gives the “Stuff”

Posted on December 15, 2010 by jamesbradfordpate

I was watching the pilot to Highway to Heaven last night, while studying, of course. Something has confused me on a lot of episodes. Jonathan (the angel, played by Michael Landon) has said on more than one occasion that God … Continue reading →

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Father Murphy: In God’s Arms

Posted on September 4, 2010 by jamesbradfordpate

I’ve been watching Father Murphy, a show in the 1980’s that was created by Michael Landon. The following episode is entitled “In God’s Arms”, and it is my favorite episode thus far. It’s about a priest named Joe, who loses … Continue reading →

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The Other; Triumph of the Trophies

Posted on August 29, 2010 by jamesbradfordpate

1.  In my reading today of In the Beginning, Henri Blocher talks about God making male and female.  Blocher believes that men and women are equal, yet he thinks that women shouldn’t be preachers.  I guess that would make him … Continue reading →

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Inspiration from the West Wing, Highway to Heaven, and John Adams

Posted on July 2, 2010 by jamesbradfordpate

My blog posts this week have been rather perfunctory, largely because I’m tired when I come home from work!  But, believe it or not, I have been inspired by some things this week.  Here are three things that I saw … Continue reading →

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