Hollywood Heroes

How Your Favorite Movies Reveal God

De: Frank Turek, Zach Turek

Narrado por: Frank Turek, Taylor Lambert

Seven fictional stories - Captain America, Iron Man, Harry Potter, Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, Batman, and Wonder Woman - point us to the ultimate hero, Jesus Christ.

Think about it. What if Batman knew your name and wanted to be friends with you? What if you were the one that Tony Stark died to save? What if it was you that Luke Skywalker would stop at nothing to redeem? Hollywood Heroes will awaken you to these questions and help you to see a God who stops at nothing to redeem you. And it will strengthen you to invite others into conversations of faith and life in Jesus.

Fictional stories about heroes help us realize that there is evil to fight, souls to be won, and growth to be achieved. It helps us recognize - regardless of religious or cultural beliefs - that sacrificing your life for another’s is a powerful and beautiful display of love.

Fictional heroes help us to reconsider what is tangibly in front of us through the lens of story rather than simply as just another day in our ordinary lives. Appealing straight to the heart, the stories bypass artificial barriers that we would normally block them with because our worldview has been threatened.

When we examine out-of-this-world qualities like idealism, genius, a willingness to sacrifice, discipline, loyalty, humility, courage, wisdom, focus, power, and love, we discover that Jesus practices them perfectly.

©2022 Frank Turek and Zach Turek (P)2022 One Audiobooks

Harry Potter

I enjoyed the entire book but really enjoyed chapter 3 related to Harry Potter. I’m not a big HP fan but enjoyed the authors way of relating the message to the society we are living in today. Thanks Frank!

Excellent book of how heroes reflect the ultimate

This book is an excellent reference for Christian movie lovers. It is well written and well performed. I have been a big fan of Frank for years and this book is another powerful tool for Christian apologetics.

A Superb, Entertaining Adventure

I immensely enjoyed Frank and Zach Turek’s Hollywood Heroes book. It was great hearing Frank himself narrate the book. The outline of the book es well developed and each chapter flows nicely together. The best feature of hearing the audiobook for me is how you get to ponder and think about theological issues in a fun and entertaining way pertaining to great superhero and fantasy adventures from the big screen. Prior knowledge of the superheroes and movies discussed is recommended to get the most out of the book. I’ve always enjoyed watching movies and analyzing the worldview, moral dilemmas, the aspect of human nature and philosophy come across the story. Frank and Zach exceedingly pass their mission in revealing out great superhero and fantasy stories we love really point to Jesus and the greatest story ever told. Stories of sacrifice, love, fighting and standing up for truth and justice all point to Jesus sacrificing himself for the whole world to save us from hell. I highly recommend this book and audiobook. Frank does a good job narrating and even does a few different voices for different characters. He doesn’t change his voice mich but the few times he does is quite enjoyable and entertaining. That further adds to the excellence of this audiobook. Check it out!

Makes you think

Raised questions and helped me find answers throughout the entire book. Great insight into the current world views.

Thought Provoking and Well-Written

The material from each chapter flows nicely without incorporating arbitrary or loosely connected points. Rather the author keeps the story moving while simultaneously building a case upon the similarities between heroic Hollywood characters and the person of Jesus of Nazareth.

The communication, I think, is understandable and easily accessible. Some of the concepts are challenging to work with, but the examples found in the Hollywood characters help illustrate the points. Overall the book is very cleanly done; it is straightforward, easy-to-understand, and thought provoking. The material itself is entertaining as well. Very interesting and well thought out.