LET'S ALL GO TO THE MOVIES

There's a movie out which is a documentary concerning the question, "Did Moses Write the Pentateuch?" That's not the title--the title is "The Moses Controversy." As you know, the academics, almost all of them, propagate the idea that Moses did not write Genesis-Deuteronomy because they claim writing hadn't been invented yet, other than hieroglyphics, that is to say, there was no alphabet and therefore, no Hebrew alphabet for Moses to employ. Besides that, they announce, the people were illiterate anyway.

The movie consists of many interviews, some with the university and seminary critics of the Bible and others with Bible-believing scholars at various schools. From the interviews, you'll observe many things about the critics: 1) they pontificate, speaking with absolute, infuriating certainty, coming across as know-it-alls sitting in their ivory towers; 2) they are arrogant and act superior; 3) they make pronouncements without proof; 4) they accept what their teachers taught them without question and transmit it without question; 5) they refuse to read anything that argues against their theory and say so; 5) they were raised in Bible-believing homes, but have rejected the faith.  (What's happened to our Sunday schools?)

The documentary is presented as if you were sitting in a university classroom on the subject. It's well-done and worth the watching and re-watching as it shows that yes, Moses wrote the Pentateuch, that people were literate and that the invention of the alphabet was one of the greatest achievements in history and why it was the greatest. After watching the presentation, you'll never take A-Z for granted again.

It's available on DVD and I would suggest you host a showing at your church or in your home. That way, you'll have the ability to stop the fire hose of knowledge that's gushing out of the screen and discuss various topics as you go along. It's available at PatternsOfEvidence.com

And, oh yes, prepare for both an interesting and informative time, one with a built-in 12-minute intermission, if you see it in a movie theater, but by the time you read this, "The Moses Controversy" has come and gone.