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Why My Family Choose To See 'God's Not Dead' over the Movie 'Noah'

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              Many of you read my blog a few weeks ago called ‘Thoughts on Christian Fiction from This Preaching Author’.   If not feel free to read it here http://www.annamaquino.blogspot.com/2014/03/thoughts-on-christian-fiction-from-this.html             I still agree with most of everything I wrote there, however I’m going to have to backtrack and recant a tad.   I still believe in realizing that films that are based on true stories sometimes take their own lives, but if you remember I said as long as it doesn’t ‘go down a very inaccurate path’ then we needed to support this attempt that Hollywood is doing with the film Noah.   Well. . . I have a confession to make.   My family desperately wanted to see Noah.   Months ago when we saw the trailer we became so excited.   We don’t go to the movies often.   Let’s face it; rent...

Thoughts on Christian Fiction from this Preaching Author

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              While currently I am more known for writing nonfiction, I am a story teller at heart and write a lot of fiction.   I’ll be starting on my 20 th book soon, and out of those 20 books, 16 of them are fiction.   Thank you Jesus that God will open a door for a home (publishing house) for all these books so that their not setting with a cardboard sign by the literary highway that reads, ‘Will write for food” in purple marker.   (GRIN) As the story teller and preacher that I am, I love it when I am able to put a spin a Biblical story or use the Biblically based themes in a project.   I am excited that more and more movies and books are being done in this vein.   So confession time, my family is pretty stoked about the move Noah that is coming out at the end of the month.   I was shocked to hear that there was some kind of controversy going on about it.   I guess there is a ...