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The Cold-Case Christianity Podcast

Why Hollywood Continues to Copy the Jesus Story - Part 1

The Cold-Case Christianity Podcast

ColdCaseChristianity.com

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

J. Warner begins his interview of Frank and Zach Turek about their new book, Hollywood Heroes: How Your Favorite Movies Reveal God. How do Hollywood screenplays reflect the truth about God and Jesus? Why do so many screenwriters copy the Jesus story when crafting their characters? J. Warner, Frank and Zach discuss the issue in this episode of the NRBtv Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast.

For more information about the book, visit: https://hollywoodheroesbook.com/

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0:00.0

J. Warner Wallace is a cold-case homicide detective who's been investigating cold-case murders

0:07.2

in Los Angeles County for over a decade.

0:09.4

His work has been featured on Fox News, Dateline, and Core TV.

0:12.8

Now, we join him as he applies his investigative skills to making a case for Chrissian.

0:18.4

Welcome to Cold Case Chrissianity with J. Warner Wallace.

0:28.1

My name is Jorge Hill, and tonight we have a very special episode for you.

0:34.2

Detective Wallace will be interviewing Dr. Frank Turek and his son, Sack Turek, about

0:40.1

the brand new book Hollywood Heroes, Are Your Favorite Movies, Reveal God.

0:48.0

In this fascinating interview, you will learn why Hollywood can't help happy in from God,

0:55.8

and how our biggest superheroes of today point towards our desire for the ultimate hero,

1:03.7

Jesus of Massacre.

1:05.7

I hope you enjoy the first part of this interview, not less.

1:10.3

We have something special tonight.

1:12.5

Now, look, a lot of times when I'm on Frank's show, I'm on as the guest, and we're talking

1:16.4

about a book or a topic, and I said, you know, I'd love to be the one to kind of flip the

1:20.7

table a little bit, and be the host to ask you the hard questions about a book, and we

1:25.4

just so happen to have a book we can talk about.

1:27.9

And that's what we're going to talk about with Frank Turek and his son, Sack, who have

1:30.9

both written this whole author of the book, which came out two days ago, Hollywood Heroes,

1:36.3

and we're going to be embodying both of them on the screen with us here, so we can all

1:39.4

talk about this book, because it's a book that is timely, and I was going to ask you

1:44.3

this earlier, Frank, and maybe you can answer this to Zach, that I don't think we planned

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