Iron and Myth 49: Demons in Hollywood
A View from the Bunker
Derek Gilbert
4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
SOME OF the largest grossing movies in Hollywood history feature depictions of demonic possession. They’re terrifying, but are they realistic?
Pastor Doug Van Dorn (DouglasVanDorn.com), author of Battle for the Bible’s Truth: Genesis, Jesus, and the Second Century Plot to Deny the Messiah and award-winning screenwriter Brian Godawa (Godawa.com), best-selling author of the theological thriller Cruel Logic and the new novel Daniel: Exile in Babylon join us to discuss the accuracy of those films and their value in presenting supernatural evil in a way that can encourage discussions of spiritual truths.
Sadly, our friend Dr. Judd Burton (BurtonBeyond.net), author of Interview With the Giant, was unable to connect due to technical problems, an issue that will be corrected for next months’s discussion.
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| 0:00.0 | The world is shaking, hearts are cold, the battles fears, the truth unfolds. |
| 0:07.0 | Here we stand on holy ground. |
| 0:12.0 | Iron and miss strong and clear, talking the war with no fear. |
| 0:19.0 | For Christ Jesus we persevere. |
| 0:31.6 | Exorcism. |
| 0:32.6 | You hear that word, you think about the famous films like the classic, of course, The Exorcist, |
| 0:37.8 | or maybe the Conjuring franchise. Always very spectacular. Lots of screaming, blood, pea-colored, pea-soup |
| 0:45.6 | colored vomit, or what have you, impossible physical contortions. And it always seems to be |
| 0:52.2 | storming outside when the actual procedure is taking place. |
| 0:57.3 | Welcome to Iron and Myth, our monthly discussion of things in the Bible that are perhaps a little off the beaten track, |
| 1:05.3 | things you don't normally hear on Sunday mornings or in Sunday school. |
| 1:09.0 | But that is why we do what we do, because spiritual |
| 1:12.3 | warfare was a key component of Jesus' ministry, casting out of demons. |
| 1:17.8 | Why is it depicted the way it is in Hollywood? How accurate are those depictions? |
| 1:22.6 | Joining me to discuss our regular panel of Iron and Myth round Tableers, Doug Van Dorn, the author of |
| 1:30.1 | Giant Sons of the Gods, Rings of Revelation, the Angel of the Lord, and more. He's also |
| 1:35.5 | pastor of the Foreign Baptist Church in Northern Colorado of Northern Colorado in Boulder, |
| 1:40.7 | award-winning author and screenwriter, best-selling author and award-winning screenwriter, |
| 1:45.8 | whose latest series, Judah Maccadie, Backaby, Part 1 and Part 2, and of course the brand-new |
| 1:51.9 | novel, beginning his trilogy on Daniel, just out now, Brian Goddawa, and the director of the |
| 1:58.9 | Institute of Biblical Anthropology, our resident demonologist and |
| 2:02.9 | monsterologist Dr. Judd Burton. |
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