292. How Can Christians Confront Fiction Legalists?

When people sinfully judge our story choices, Scripture helps us get ready to answer them with doctrinal truth and personal confidence.
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291. Twenty Years Ago, How Did the First Narnia Theatrical Film Get Made? | with Mark Joseph

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    292. How Can Christians Confront Fiction Legalists?

    When people sinfully judge our story choices, Scripture helps us get ready to answer them with doctrinal truth and personal confidence.

    291. Twenty Years Ago, How Did the First Narnia Theatrical Film Get Made? | with Mark Joseph

    “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” pre-producer and marketer takes us into the origins of Walden Media’s 2005 theatrical take on C. S. Lewis’s classic fantasy.

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