Hollywood’s Most Despised Villain (Audio)
There is a deliberate war on the role of a father, and Hollywood knows it.
The very purpose of the Book of Mormon is to help us understand the Bible’s father to son covenant, see how it continues in the Book of Mormon and through to our day. Not only do we need to understand our roots (the fathers before us) but our responsibility to keep the branches (posterity, future sons/rulers) going. In other scriptures this is called the “new and everlasting covenant.” It began with Adam and continues, unbroken, to this day.
If this is true when Elijah spoke to Joseph Smith saying: And he shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers” then no wonder the role of men and masculinity is at battle. If we are commanded to build homes with Christ as the center, we will need to teach our children better to honor their father, as he submits to his father or Jesus Christ, himself.
This message examines biblical definitions of aesthetics, holiness, and antithesis as each concept pertains to film. Also examined is Hollywood’s vision for aesthetic. Speaker Geoff Botkin relates the little-known history of the Left’s deliberate effort (beginning in 1923) to “impoverish the aesthetics” of Hollywood and to thereby seize “cultural hegemony.” He explains the corrupt soul of an industry that went from Shirley Temple to Madonna in less than two generations, and how the Christian patriarch became an object of deliberate contempt.
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Julie Smith is the Education Director for the Joseph Smith Foundation. She is the former owner of the Glenn J. Kimber Academy in Lehi, Utah. Julie served as a regional trainer—establishing 18 schools in Arizona, Idaho, and Utah. She is a certified teacher for The Thomas Jefferson Center for Constitutional Restoration (TJC) and taught the Making of America seminars written by W. Cleon Skousen and Glenn J. Kimber. Some of her children also traveled across the nation, assisting in teaching during these seminars. Julie taught history and Book of Mormon classes for 10 years. Julie is the mother of 5 children and grandmother to 7. She homeschooled for over 27 years, working through family challenges including pornography addiction, testimony faith crises, and teenage rebellion. She writes and teaches on strengthening the family, working with troubled youth, practically applying the teachings of scripture and the Prophet Joseph Smith, and celebrating higher standards. In her spare time, Julie also enjoys gardening, managing her .5-acre homestead, and hosting Sunday dinners with her family! Her home is a revolving door of guests and friends as her family hosts cultural celebrations and teaching events.
