Episode 168: Frank and Zach Turek discuss their latest book, "Hollywood Heroes" [Part 2]

<p>Many of the top grossing box-office films of all time often feature story lines in some way related to the universe. "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away" is almost as widely recognized as "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." </p><p><br></p><p>Our guests this week authors Frank Turek and his son Zack sit down with us to discuss their latest book <em>Hollywood Heroes - How Your Favorite Movies Reveal God. </em>They argue that it is indeed possible for Christians to use cosmic and universal themes in these films, including morality, beauty, and teleology, to point our non-believing friends and neighbors to Christ.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Frank Turek</strong> is an award-winning author or coauthor of several books, including <em>I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist </em>and his latest, <a href="https://www.navpress.com/p/hollywood-heroes/9781641583510"><em>Hollywood Heroes</em></a> (NavPress, May 2022). He hosts a weekly TV program broadcast to 32 million homes and an apologetics podcast on over 180 stations. As founder and president of <a href="http://crossexamined.org/">CrossExamined.org</a>, Frank speaks over 100 times per year, often to youth and college students. He has debated several prominent atheists, including the late Christopher Hitchens and Michael Shermer.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Frank Zachary Turek</strong> is a career intelligence officer in the U.S. Military. He has a master’s degree in philosophy from Southern Evangelical Seminary and is the coauthor of <em>Hollywood Heroes</em> with his father, Frank Turek.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Related Links: </strong>Free access to some associated resources and related Watchman Profiles:<br><br></p><ul> <li>Apologetics Profile Podcast, <strong>The Myth Made Fact </strong>with Dr. Louis Markos, Part 1: <a href="https://www.watchman.org/Myth1">watchman.org/Myth1</a>, Part 2: <a href="https://www.watchman.org/Myth2">watchman.org/Myth2</a> </li> <li>Watchman Fellowship 4-page Profile on <strong>Naturalism</strong>