The Matrix

..."The Matrix" makes clear claims we can step outside the world of images (the internet, the television, the movie screen) into something Real, most notably when Morpheus offers Neo a choice between the blue pill, which will keep him in The Matrix, and the red pill, which will take him to Reality. Christians are taught we “see through a glass darkly,” or that our perceptions on this earth are distorted and limited. But there is Reality both on this earth and outside of it, and that’s because our narrative has an apocalyptic ending, the ultimate revelation of Christ. The Reality of Christ’s unveiling gives us hope and faith in our daily realities. It provides us with a distinction between true and false, fantasy and Real...

Mary McCampbell, "20 Years Later, ‘The Matrix’ Is Much More Than a Sermon Illustration" (Relevant Magazine, 2019).

Full text: https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/20-years-later-the-matrix-is-much-more-than-a-sermon-illustration/

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