Great quote in a comment piece on the newly-released films Biutiful and Hereafter. Both movies (starring Javier Bardem and Matt Damon) tell the stories of men who know that there’s life after death, and what it’s like.
But they keep this knowledge to themselves, which is absurd:
“Information of cosmic significance, which could bring succour and hope to millions, not to mention really irritate Richard Dawkins, is dealt with as a private and personal matter.”
The writer’s talking about two made-up film characters: what struck me is that when Christians are told that faith should be simply “a private matter”, they’re being told to do exactly the same thing.
Carl is Publisher and Co-CEO at The Good Book Company and is a member of Life Church Hackbridge in south London. He is the bestselling author of The Garden, the Curtain and the Cross and God's Big Promises Bible Storybook, and also serves as Series Editor of the God's Word For You series. Before joining TGBC, he worked as a journalist and then as a teacher, and pastored a congregation in Hull. Carl is married to Lizzie, and they have two children. He studied history at Oxford University.
