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Dinos Meet Carl Sagan and a Marriage on the Rocks

The family has put together the Big Premise (a solar flare has flung Oak Street back to the Mesozoic era). The dad predicts, “God's not gonna let us die here.” Read More ›
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Meyer: The Story of Everything, Now Streaming to the World on Amazon Prime

The new film is no longer available in movie theaters, but there are now new ways to stream and share this intriguing documentary. Read More ›
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E.T., Phoned In: The Disneyfied Faith of Steven Spielberg

Steve Deace has called the film a direct assault on Christianity. This wasn’t exactly my impression. I didn’t feel assaulted so much as vaguely condescended to. Read More ›
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Spielberg’s Latest Is E.T. Without the Charm

Of the two characters in the film whom Steven Spielberg presents to us as the most compassionate and wise, one is a Catholic nun. Read More ›
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Paper: Human Behavior Shows We’re “Far More Complex than Just a ‘Souped-Up’ Ape”

How do we explain all the “mind-boggling sweep” of time-consuming behavior that isn’t directly necessary for survival? Read More ›
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If You Care About Faith, Bring on the Aliens, Mr. Spielberg!

Luskin: "If alien life does exist, and if it looks or works even remotely like human biology, then it did not arise by blind evolution." Read More ›
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A Surprise Conversation About, Well, Everything

As I walked out of the theater after the movie, I heard a familiar voice. I smiled as I realized it was our colleague Jay Richards. Read More ›
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Story of Everything Is Held Over in Theaters, and Gets Fabulous Washington, DC, Premiere

The Rotten Tomatoes site is giving it a 95 percent approval rating on the Popcornmeter. Do be sure to see it on the big screen while you have the opportunity. Read More ›
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Montañez: Story of Everything Is “Delicious,” Not Like Eating Your Vegetables

Personally, I would have zero interest in a faith-based movie that preached at you. Read More ›
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The Story from Seattle: West Coast Premiere of Documentary Shines

The oldest girl said about the irreducibly complex motor of the bacterial flagellum, “We just learned about bacteria in school, but we didn’t learn that!” Read More ›

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