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EPISODE · May 5, 2014 · 53 MIN

VFTB 176: Gnostic Noah

from A View from the Bunker · host Derek & Sharon Gilbert

WHILE OTHER Christian commentators debated over the degree to which director Darren Aronofsky's film Noah deviated from the Bible's account, Dr. Brian Mattson sparked a minor controversy by suggesting that Aronofsky's story wasn't based on the biblical text at all.He was exaggerating, but not by much.  Brian, a theologian, writer, speaker and co-host of the Dead Reckoning vidcast, explains that Aronofsky's Noah was full of Gnostic symbolism, and he tells us why he was disturbed that respected Christian leaders seemed oblivious to it when recommending the film to other believers.Read Dr. Brian Mattson's critique of Noah, "Sympathy for the Devil", by clicking here.Derek and Sharon Gilbert will be at the Prophecy in the News Pikes Peak Prophecy Summit July 25-27, 2014 at the Marriott Hotel in Colorado Springs. Watch for information here.Please join the discussion at the PID Radio Cafe, visit the VFTB Facebook page, and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.Download a smaller, lower-fidelity version of the mp3 of this show by clicking here.

WHILE OTHER Christian commentators debated over the degree to which director Darren Aronofsky's film Noah deviated from the Bible's account, Dr. Brian Mattson sparked a minor controversy by suggesting that Aronofsky's story wasn't based on the biblical text at all.He was exaggerating, but not by much.  Brian, a theologian, writer, speaker and co-host of the Dead Reckoning vidcast, explains that Aronofsky's Noah was full of Gnostic symbolism, and he tells us why he was disturbed that respected Christian leaders seemed oblivious to it when recommending the film to other believers.Read Dr. Brian Mattson's critique of Noah, "Sympathy for the Devil", by clicking here.Derek and Sharon Gilbert will be at the Prophecy in the News Pikes Peak Prophecy Summit July 25-27, 2014 at the Marriott Hotel in Colorado Springs. Watch for information here.Please join the discussion at the PID Radio Cafe, visit the VFTB Facebook page, and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.Download a smaller, lower-fidelity version of the mp3 of this show by clicking here.

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