Many of us go to blockbuster sci-fi movies simply to be entertained, for the special effects and the thrill of the ride. We don’t go to think. If thrills and effects are the gold-standard, Avatar is Fort Knox. It’s the ultimate I-Max experience: gorgeously filmed in 3-D, loaded with exciting action, wowing the imagination. Christians […]
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Dan Brown’s private religion, gnosticism, gets a Hollywood boost. Peter Jones talks to Peter Hastie 4 • AUSTRALIAN PRESBYTERIAN July 2006 Dr. Peter Jones is the director of Christian Witness to a Pagan Planet and an adjunct Professor of New Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary, Escondido, California. Dr Jones holds a MDiv from Gordon–Conwell Seminary, […]
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