Since Mel Gibson’s blockbuster The Passion of the Christ and the History Channel’s The Bible, Hollywood has seen the light that “faith based” themes can rake in serious bucks from America’s shallow and oh-so-gullible Christians. The latest effort is Warner Brothers’ Apostle Paul, starring Hugh Jackman, who will also produce the movie along with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Jackman, who has starred in the R-rated X-Men and Wolverine, renounced his Christian father’s faith in Christ for transcendental meditation. The view he described to Parade magazine in 2009 is probably the mainstream faith today in North America. He said: “I just find the evangelical church too, well, restrictive. But the School of Practical Philosophy is non-confrontational. We believe there are many forms of scripture. What is true is true and will never change, whether it’s in the Bible or in Shakespeare. It’s about oneness. Its basic philosophy is that if the Buddha and Krishna and Jesus were all at a dinner table together, they wouldn't be arguing. There is an essential truth. And we are limitless” (Parade, April 27, 2009). In other words, TM lets the movie star live as he pleases and be his own god. That might work at some level in this life, but every individual knows in his deepest conscience that there is a holy Creator God to whom he is accountable, and no one can escape the accounting. “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27). Salvation is available, but it is only through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. (Friday Church News Notes, April 17, 2015, www.wayoflife.org, [email protected], 866-295-4143) Comments are closed.
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