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The Movie: God's Not Dead

I wonder how many Christians are in that classroom? I wonder how many Christians have written that down on a piece of paper. The first thing I thought of when I saw the previews to this movie was that I would write: God has died. Maybe the teacher would not accept this. But Christ has died for the forgiveness of my sins. He was dead and is now risen to new life. I missed this part of death and resurrection. The teacher lists several people who claimed God to be Dead. But some of those people do not believe God is Dead, but God never existed. They do not believe in any such thing as god. (I even find the idea of a lower case "g" indicating false gods, which would make it easy to confess they are dead, for St Paul says idols are nothing and never existed.) The movie makes some overly obvious connections. Those who are unequally yoked in the movie, place themselves in situations they should never be in. My favorite parts of the movie are when the Mother confronts her son, ...

The Movie: Noah

There are many people have posted many things about this movie. Some of these things I have found interesting and not really disagreed with. Some people say watch the movie so that you will know how to respond. Other people say avoid the movie because the more money it makes the worse it will say about Christianity. The state of Christianity will not be determined by whether or not Noah is a hit. Noah presents an interesting look at very questionable characters. Many people do not know what the Nephilim are. These are called in the movie Watchers, based on the Book of Jubilees the Watchers were angelic figures that dwelt with men at the time of Noah. The book of Jubilees will give you many insights into the movie. There are also the characters of the Oldest Man, Methuselah. The bible does record that he died at the time of the Flood. It also indicates that he would be a great link between Noah and Adam. Methuselah was also the Son of Enoch who did not die, but was taken into heav...