God and Hollywood; Never the twain shall meet

Does how we spend our time, our pleasure, our energy and our money affect our relationship with God? If so, then how should we spend our time, our pleasure, our energy and our money? Click image to link to source. On Tuesday evenings my wife and I trek through to Pretoria to attend a Bible [...]

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On Avatar, connectedness and worldviews (Part 3)

<— Click here for Part 2 Mo’at is clan’s spiritual leader, more acurately a shaman. She’s the lead character, Neytiri’s, mother and she’s the consort to the clans leader, Eytucan. Click image to link to the movie’s official webpage. “What’s Pantheism anyway?” Pantheism is a construct or worldview (let’s call it a belief system) which [...]

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On Avatar, environmentalism and worldviews (Part 2)

<— Click here for Part 1 Click here for Part 3 —> Seedlings from the Tree of Souls act as ‘magic markers’ showing the will of the mother goddess Eywa. It’s all so transparently New Age you’d have to be practically spiritually dead to miss it. Click image to link to the movie’s official webpage. [...]

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God’s terrifing agenda playing out soon near you

Beautiful still of the USS John F. Kennedy crashing into what I think is the White House. Click image to enlarge.

Yesterday I watched the fast paced, action packed, end times flick 2012. I was at a corporate function hosted at Monte Casino which was capped off with a premier viewing of the movie. It was… ok… I guess. I might be slowly slipping beyond Hollywood’s targeted demographic. I’d give it a 5 out of 10, Although some of the scenes like LA slipping into the ocean, Hawaii bubbling over in molten lava and the humongous tidal wave crashing through the Himalayas were visually spectacular.

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The Voyage That Shook the World (Notice for the Chapel and other interested parties)

Darwin had a ridiculous beard but a brilliant mind. Was he right? Was he wrong? Come join us on the 28th November between 4 and 5 pm to watch a fascinating documentary on The Voyage That Shook the World. Click any image to link to the source.

The greatest story ever told kicks off with the line,

¹ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth…

Want to hear the verse in context? Genesis 1 – 7 What is this about?

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The spirit of this age: Deception for the intellectually challenged or easily swayed

1Thessalonians 5:21, “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”

I had a chat with a guy at the office a few weeks ago about a movie called Zeitgeist which went a bit like this:

“So, what’s it all about?” I asked.

“mmm, Christianity and politics and stuff,” came the reply.

“Any good?” I half wondered but said out loud.

“Just download it and watch it,” he replied. “It pretty much debunks everything you believe.”

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