With the recent release of Exodus: Gods and Kings following the earlier Noah movie, how should Bible-believing Christians consider engaging a film based on a Bible story? When we watch a normal secular film or TV programme, how do we watch it? For most of us we would make sure the content was appropriate and check…
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Unbroken Many readers will be aware of the book War and grace by Don Stephens (EP Books), a collection of short biographies of Christians from the two World Wars. Its first story concerns an American of Italian extraction called Louis Zamperini. The new edition of the book reveals that he died on 2 July…
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Exodus: Gods and Kings is the latest ‘biblical epic’ movie to be released. The emphasis is on the ‘epic’ rather than the ‘biblical’. Director Ridley Scott only broadly follows the Bible story. He is willing to depart from the biblical text to tell the story he wishes to tell. The focus is on spectacle:…
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Paramount Pictures Directed by Darren Aronovsky Starring Russell Crowe Cert. 12A One of my pet hates is the dinky sort of ‘Noah’s ark’ you see in toy shops and children’s books. The ark in Paramount Pictures’ film Noah is nothing like that. It is a hulking great thing, and when the animals come…
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DVD review — Courageous Director: Alex KendrickRated: Suitable for 12 years and over If you are familiar with the work of the Kendrick brothers and Sherwood Pictures (Flywheel, Facing the giants, Fireproof), you will know what to expect from their latest DVD Courageous. The theme this time is fatherhood, with the focus on…
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DVD review — Set in stone58 minutes, Truth in Science, £12.95www.truthinscience.org.uk The organisation Truth in Science has done us a real service in providing this high quality, thought-provoking documentary DVD. The documentary begins and ends at Siccar Point, a geological site made famous by James Hutton’s visit in 1788. As a result of…
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DVD review Faraday — Man of science and man of God Professor Andy McIntosh 2011 Answers in Genesis (UK/Europe), £9.00 A sad trend in Britain is the declining awareness of our Christian heritage. The ambition to change the world is good, and past generations did just that. We often think of the noble army…
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